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- 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.
Geography
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