Title: Guéret Content: Guéret  is a commune of France. It is the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. ==History== In 1514, Guéret became the capital of the County of Marche, a medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern Creuse department. In 1790, when the departments were created, Guéret was named as the capital of the Creuse department. ==Geography== Guéret is in a plateau between the Creuse and the Gartempe rivers, at the foot of two hills: the Puy de Gaudy, high, and the Maupuy, high. The commune has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The city of Guéret is at about from Bordeaux, at from Toulouse, at from Paris and at from Lyon.  The communes that are around Guéret are Saint-Fiel, Sainte-Feyre, Savennes, Saint- Christophe, La Chapelle-Taillefert, Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois and Saint- Sulpice-le-Guérétois. === Climate === Guéret has an oceanic climate with relatively hot summers, mild winters and abundant rainfall, Cfb in the Köppen climate classification. ==Population== The inhabitants of Guéret are known, in French, as Guérétois (women: Guérétoises). The commune of Guéret has a population, in 2014, of 13,342; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Guéret Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:20000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:5000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 12849 bar:1975 from:0 till: 14855 bar:1982 from:0 till: 15720 bar:1990 from:0 till: 14706 bar:1999 from:0 till: 14123 bar:2006 from:0 till: 13789 bar:2011 from:0 till: 13563 bar:2014 from:0 till: 13342 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 12849 fontsize:S text: 12,849 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 14855 fontsize:S text: 14,855 shift:(-18,5) bar:1982 at: 15720 fontsize:S text: 15,720 shift:(-18,5) bar:1990 at: 14706 fontsize:S text: 14,706 shift:(-18,5) bar:1999 at: 14123 fontsize:S text: 14,123 shift:(-18,5) bar:2006 at: 13789 fontsize:S text: 13,789 shift:(-18,5) bar:2011 at: 13563 fontsize:S text: 13,563 shift:(-18,5) bar:2014 at: 13342 fontsize:S text: 13,342 shift:(-18,5) Guéret forms, together with Saint-Fiel, the urban area of Guéret with a population of 14,157 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Guéret, formed by 32 communes with a population of 31,499 inhabitants and an area of . == Administration == Guéret is the prefecture of the Creuse department, the capital of the arrondissement of Guéret and the administrative centre  of two cantons: * Guéret-1, with 9,332 inhabitants (2014). * Guéret-2, with 9,724 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Le Grand Guéret . === Sister cities === Guéret is twinned with: * Stein, Germany since 1991 ==Sites of interest== * The Hotel de Moneyroux. This building, of Gothic style, was built in the fifteenth century. It is now the headquarters of the General Council of the Creuse. * The Presidial, dating from the seventeenth century, now is the town hall. * The Museum of the Sénatorerie. The building served as house for senators under Napoleon. Since 1832, the Society of Archaeological and Natural Sciences of the Creuse has been housed here. * Courtille lake, a recreation area south of Guéret, is an artificial lake along a shaded path. * Chabrières forest is a large forest to the south of Guéret. It has a zoo, where one can see wolves in semi-liberty in large espaces with walls. Here there are some big dolmens. ==Gallery== Guéret-Moneyroux 1.jpg|The Hotel de Moneyroux Palais-de-la-Sénatorerie-de-Guéret-3.jpg|Palais de la Sénatorerie Dolmen-Guéret-2.jpg|Dolmen in the garden of the Sénatorerie Gueret courtille 84511 - panoramio.jpg|Courtille lake ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Guéret * Communes of the Creuse department