Sardent

Sardent
Sardent
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sardent
	Sardent Location within France Sardent Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine
	Coordinates: 46°03′05″N 1°51′23″E / 46.0514°N 1.8564°E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Ahun
Intercommunality	CC Creuse Sud Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thierry Gaillard
Area 1	41.11 km2 (15.87 sq mi)
Elevation	513 m (1,683 ft)
Highest elevation	680 m (2,230 ft)
Lowest elevation	455 m (1,493 ft)
Population (2023)	760
• Density	18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23168 /23250
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sardent (French pronunciation: [saʁdɑ̃]; Limousin: Sarden) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

An area of streams, lakes, forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Gartempe, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Guéret, where the D60 and the D50 roads join the D940.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,085	—
1975	1,047	−0.51%
1982	944	−1.47%
1990	845	−1.38%
1999	801	−0.59%
2007	834	+0.51%
2012	771	−1.56%
2017	788	+0.44%
2023	760	−0.60%
Source: INSEE

Sights

The church, dating from the eleventh century.
Megaliths known as "Les Pierres Boutelines".
A nineteenth-century chapel at the hamlet of Saint-Pardoux.
A statue of the "marmot de la Feyte", at La Feyte.
Sculptures at the village of Mont.

Personalities

Claude Chabrol, (1930-2010), a native of Sardent, shot his first film Le Beau Serge in Sardent
Eugene Jamot, (1879-1937), doctor of tropical medicine, was born here.

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE