Editing Creuse (section)

==Tourism==
[[File:Gentioux monument aux morts pacifiste.JPG|thumb|upright|Famous [[pacifist]] World War I [[War memorial|memorial]] in Gentioux]]

As a traditionally rural and lightly populated area, with ancient and typical ''art de vivre'', original stone architecture, no major urban center and many heritage site such as [[castles]], [[abbeys]] and [[Dolmen|Celtic stone monuments]]: the Creuse department has become a [[Green tourism]] destination since the late 1990s.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Creuse enjoys a [[temperate climate]] with mild springs and autumns, rather cold and snowy but sunny winters, and relatively warm and sunny summers, but not as hot as in the southern parts of France. Thanks to its preserved forested landscape, little pollution and wonderful stone buildings, many foreigners (notably British and Dutch, but also German and Belgian) have sought to buy holiday homes in Creuse.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

The major tourist attractions are the [[tapestry]] museum in [[Aubusson, Creuse|Aubusson]] and the many castles, notably those of Villemonteix, [[Boussac, Creuse|Boussac]], and Banizette. The monastery of [[Moutier-d'Ahun]] has exceptional wood carvings from the 17th century. ([[:fr:Abbaye de Moutier-d'Ahun]]). After World War 1, some towns in France set up pacifist war memorials. Instead of commemorating the glorious dead, these memorials denounce war with figures of grieving widows and children rather than soldiers. Such memorials provoked anger among veterans and the military in general. The most famous is at [[Gentioux-Pigerolles]] in the department (see picture on the left). Below the column which lists the name of the fallen, stands an orphan in bronze pointing to an inscription 'Maudite soit la guerre' (Cursed be war). Feelings ran so high that the memorial was not officially inaugurated until 1990 and soldiers at the nearby army camp were under orders to turn their heads when they walked past.

The Chapelle du Mas-Saint-Jean is in Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois. A local legend declares that [[Joan of Arc]] prayed there in about 1430.<ref>[http://www.paysdunois.fr/article582.html "Jeanne d'Arc at the Chapelle du Mas-Saint-Jean: reality Or legend?"], Town of Dunois website</ref>

[[Guéret]], Creuse is also home to a large nearby animal park named Les Loups de Chabrières containing some of France's few remaining wolves, held in semi-captivity. It includes 24 European Grey Wolves, two Canadian White Wolves and two Canadian Black Wolves in five enclosures.

Motor racing Mas du Clos It is twelve kilometers from Aubusson at the foot of the family castle of [[Saint-Avit-de-Tardes]]. [[Pierre Bardinon]] creates all pieces in 1963.