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Guéret (gārā`), town (1990 pop. 15,718), capital of Creuse dept., central France. It is a market center and an industrial town. Metals (especially aluminum), shirts, jewelry, and handicrafts are the principal manufactures. In the 13th cent. Guéret became the capital of the county of Marche Marche (märsh), region and former province, central France, on the NW margin of the Massif Central . It is coextensive with Creuse dept. ..... Click the link for more information. . Points of interest include the Hotel de Moneyroux (15th–16th cent.), which is now an archive, and the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (13th and 16th cent.), which was reconstructed in the 19th cent. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The exception to this history of civil calm was a tax rebellion in Gueret (the departmental capital) in 1848, and in December 1851, when three villages took up arms to defend the Second Republic during Louis-Napoleon's coup d'etat Ted W. |
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