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Royère is located on the Millevaches plateau, between Lake Vassivière and Lake Lavaud Gelade. The town is pleasant and has shops and accommodation.

The building from the end of the 12th century is composed of a nave with three bays, a transept and a choir with a flat apse. In the nave, the barrel vault with beams rests on broken arch arcades supported by capitals with crossettes and fluted bases. Four half-columns with capitals with foliage and heads decorate the transept and receive the arches of the pointed vault as well as that of the choir. The molding dates from the 14th century. The bedside window is decorated with a trefoil tracery. The chapel created between two buttresses to the north, vaulted in broken cradle, dates from the 14th century. 14th century door with tympanum carved with oak leaves. The door on the east facade dates from the 18th century. The isolated bell tower dates from the end of the 12th century. The four buttresses placed in the middle of the faces do not appear to have been added afterwards. The old arrow presents a regional type. Source: https://www.tourisme-creuse.com

The lake was created in 1944 and feeds Lac de Vassivière through an underground aquaduct providing hydroelectric power. The site is classified as a Natura 2000 area as a natural area of ecological, faunal and floristic interest. This particular place is an ideal place to relax and enjoy the lake and the beach.

Lac de Lavaud Gelade with an area of 300 hectares. It is one of the largest in Creuse, just a few kilometers from Lac de Vassivière. It is classified Natura 2000, and retains a wild side. The calm is very appreciable there.

From the recent bridge you can see the Pont de Senoueix, known as the "Roman bridge". It made it possible to cross the Taurion and probably dates from the 17th century.

Royère-de-Vassivière is a pretty mid-mountain village of a few hundred inhabitants near Lake Vassivière.

The Lavaud Gelade lake, with an area of 300 hectares, is one of the largest in the Creuse. Created in 1943 on the Taurion River, this Natura 2000 classified lake is quite wild and very calm. It is intended more for fishing than for swimming.