What is Guéret?
{{French commune |name = Guéret |commune status = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = Guéret - Préfecture de la Creuse.jpg |image coat of arms = Blason_ville_fr_Guéret_23.svg |caption = The [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Creuse]] department |arrondissement = Guéret |canton =Guéret-1<br />Guéret-2 |intercommunality = Le Grand-Guéret |INSEE = 23096 |postal code = 23000 |population demonym = Guérétois |mayor = Michel Vergnier<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ville-gueret.fr/mairie/conseilm.php |title=Votre Conseil Municipal |work= |publisher=Ville de Guéret |format= |language=French |accessdate=23 May 2017 |date= |archive-date=17 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417011125/http://www.ville-gueret.fr/mairie/conseilm.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> |term = 2014-2020 |coordinates = {{coord|46.171389|1.869167|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 518 |elevation min m = 350 |elevation max m = 685 |area km2 = 26.21 |population = 13342 |population date = 2014 |website = [http://www.ville-gueret.fr www.ville-gueret.fr] }} '''Guéret''' ({{lang-oc|Garait}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] of [[France]]. It is the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Creuse]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Regions of France|region]]. ==History== In 1514, Guéret became the [[Capital city|capital]] of the '''County of Marche''', a [[medieval]] [[France|French]] [[county]], approximately corresponding to the modern [[Creuse]] department. In 1790, when the departments were created, Guéret was named as the capital of the Creuse department. ==Geography== Guéret is in a [[plateau]] between the [[Creuse (river)|Creuse]] and the [[Gartempe]] [[river]]s, at the [[:wikt:foot|foot]] of two [[hill]]s: the ''Puy de Gaudy'', {{Convert|651|m|ft|abbr=on }} hig