Creuse: Aubusson Tapestry and the Quiet Limousin
Creuse is one of the most sparsely populated departments in France, with barely 116,000 residents. Gueret, the prefecture, is a small town whose main cultural asset is a collection of gold and enamel work from Limoges in the Musee de la Senatorerie. The department sits in the Limousin uplands, a landscape of pastures, granite farmhouses, and deep valleys.
Aubusson has been synonymous with tapestry weaving since the fifteenth century; the craft is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The Cite internationale de la tapisserie opened in 2016. The department has long been a source of emigrant labour, with masons from the Creuse historically travelling to Paris and other cities for seasonal work. Property prices are among the lowest in France.
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Creuse is one of the most sparsely populated departments in France, with barely 116,000 residents. Gueret, the prefecture, is a small town whose main cultural asset is a collection of gold and enamel work from Limoges in the Musee de la Senatorerie. The department sits in the Limousin uplands, a landscape of pastures, granite farmhouses, and deep valleys.
Aubusson has been synonymous with tapestry weaving since the fifteenth century; the craft is inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The Cite internationale de la tapisserie opened in 2016. The department has long been a source of emigrant labour, with masons from the Creuse historically travelling to Paris and other cities for seasonal work. Property prices are among the lowest in France.
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