1. Geography

2. History

3. Population

4. Sights

5. See also

6. References

7. External links

La Souterraine (Limousin: La Sotarrana) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

La Souterraine is an area of farming and light industry, comprising the town and a few small hamlets. It is situated some {{convert|20|mi|km}} west of Guéret, at the junction of the D1, D912, D951 and the N145 roads. It is also served by a TER railway link.

The small river Sédelle, a tributary of the Creuse, flows through the town.

The sources of the Benaize, a tributary of the Anglin, and the Brame, a tributary of the Gartempe, are both in the commune.

History

There is evidence of pre-Roman occupation here, attested by the discovery of stone age tools and a menhir. Remains of Roman villas and temples have been unearthed. In medieval times, a church and fortified walls were built. The name of the town, translating as ‘subterranean’, comes from the underground parts of the church, the crypt.

Population

Sights

• The church dating from the eleventh century, with its Roman crypt.
• The fifteenth-century Manorhouse de Châteaurenaud.
• The thirteenth-century gate, the Porte de St.Jean, and the rest of the ramparts.
• A feudal motte, circular tower and the castle at Bridiers.
• The eighteenth-century chapel of the hospital.
• The ancient chapel of Sainte-Eutrope.
• The fourteenth-century church at Bussière-Madeleine.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20010330213443/http://www.mairie-lasouterraine.fr/ Official website of La Souterraine] {{Fr}}

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