Gioux

Gioux
The church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul, in Gioux
Gioux
Location within Limousin region Gioux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Aubusson
Canton	Gentioux-Pigerolles
Intercommunality	Sources de la Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Mireille Grégoire
Area1	37.42 km2 (14.45 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	173
• Density	4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	23091 / 23500
Elevation	608–886 m (1,995–2,907 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Gioux is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin region in central France.

Geography

An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 10 miles (16 km) south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D35 and the D26 roads. The commune is in the national park of the Millevaches (1000 lakes, not cows).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	309	—
1968	313	+1.3%
1975	233	−25.6%
1982	210	−9.9%
1990	214	+1.9%
1999	198	−7.5%
2008	173	−12.6%

Sights

• The twelfth-century church.
• A menhir known as the Pierre Point.
• A Roman bridge on the way to Feniers.
• Vestiges of a Roman villa at Maisonnières.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Gioux on the Quid website (French)