{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{short description|Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Pionnat |commune status = Commune |image = Menhir et dolmen de Ménardeix.jpg |caption = The megaliths of Ménardeix |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Pionnat (Creuse).svg |arrondissement = Aubusson |canton = Gouzon |INSEE = 23154 |postal code = 23140 |mayor = Laurent Piolé<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = CC Creuse Confluence |coordinates = {{coord|46.1719|2.0261|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 520 |elevation min m = 320 |elevation max m = 573 |area km2 = 41.77 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Pionnat''' ({{IPA|fr|pjɔna}}; {{langx|oc|Piònac}}) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
==Geography== A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Creuse, some {{convert|8|mi|km}} east of Guéret, at the junction of the D4, D65 and the D16.
==History== During the French Revolution of 1848, some of the villagers were killed in an attempt to seek the release of their friends who were imprisoned for tax evasion.<ref>French Wikipedia article on the subject of the revolt of Ajain</ref>
==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|733 |1968|847 |1975|741 |1982|726 |1990|682 |1999|744 |2008|758 }} {{clear left}}
==Sights== * The church of St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century. * Dolmen and menhir at the hamlet of Ménardeix. * Two châteaux, at Ternes and at Bosgenêt. * The viaduct over the Creuse. * The ancient abbey des Terne.
==See also== *Communes of the Creuse department
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Category:Communes of Creuse Category:County of La Marche
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