Linard

Linard
Part of Linard-Malval
Coat of arms
Location of Linard
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Coordinates: 46°21′32″N 1°52′26″E / 46.3589°N 1.8739°E / 46.3589; 1.8739
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bonnat
Commune	Linard-Malval
Area 1	12.6 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Highest elevation	378 m (1,240 ft)
Lowest elevation	242 m (794 ft)
Population  (2019)[1]	164
• Density	13.0/km2 (33.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	23220
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Linard (French pronunciation: [linaʁ]) is a former commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Linard-Malval.^[2]

A farming area comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some 12 miles (19 km) north of Guéret near the D6 and its junction with the D56 road. The Petite Creuse river forms the southern boundary of the commune's territory.

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fourteenth century.
• Traces of the Château-Gaillard.
• The fifteenth-century chapel of the convent de Boisferry.

• Communes of the Creuse department