Guéret

**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**

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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

## References
## Other websites
* Ville de Guéret - official website 
* La Communauté d’Agglomération du Grand-Guéret 
* Conseil Départamental de la Creuse 
* Préfecture de la Creuse