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Lafat
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Lafat
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Coordinates: 46°20′08″N 1°36′53″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Dun-le-Palestel
Intercommunality	CC Pays Dunois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Claude Glénisson
Area 1	21.28 km2 (8.22 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	328
• Density	15.4/km2 (39.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23103 /23800
Elevation	261–368 m (856–1,207 ft) (avg. 330 m or 1,080 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lafat is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Guéret at the junction of the D49 and the D69 roads. The small rivers Sédelle and Brézentine, tributaries of the Creuse, flow through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	643	—
1975	601	−0.96%
1982	546	−1.36%
1990	458	−2.17%
1999	384	−1.94%
2007	377	−0.23%
2012	376	−0.05%
2017	350	−1.42%
2023	328	−1.08%
Source: INSEE

Sights

• The church, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The thirteenth-century chapel.
• A watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department