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Boussac is a commune in France, situated within the Creuse department and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Boussac. The municipality has an area of 1.48 square kilometers and an elevation of 395 meters above sea level. Its official names include Boussac and Boussac-la-Montagne.
The population of Boussac is 1,933, comprising 547 males and 710 females. The commune shares borders with Boussac-Bourg and Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc. It is the owner of the artwork known as The Lady and the Unicorn. The postal code for the area is 23600.
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Place details
- Locality
- Boussac
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Creuse
- Arrondissement
- Aubusson
- Canton
- Boussac
- Intercommunality
- CC Creuse Confluence
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Franck Foulon
- Area
- 1.48 km (0.57 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,236
- Density
- 835/km (2,160/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 23031 /23600
- Elevation
- 335–395 m (1,099–1,296 ft) , (avg. 384 m or 1,260 ft)
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Encyclopedic overview
Boussac ( French pronunciation: [busak]; Occitan: Boçac) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. The famous Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries (c. 1500) were discovered in 1841 in Boussac castle. In 1844 the novelist George Sand saw them and brought public attention to the tapestries in her works at the time (most notably in her novel Jeanne), in which she correctly dated them to the end of the fifteenth century, using the ladies' costumes for reference. In 1863 they were bought by the Musée de Cluny in Paris where they are still on display.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boussac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.