Editing Creuse (river) (section)

==Course==
The Creuse flows northwest through the following [[Departments of France|department]]s and towns:

* [[Creuse]] department (named after the river): [[Aubusson, Creuse|Aubusson]].
* [[Indre]] department: [[Argenton-sur-Creuse]], [[Le Blanc]].
* [[Indre-et-Loire]] department : [[Yzeures-sur-Creuse]], [[Descartes, Indre-et-Loire|Descartes]]
* [[Vienne (department)|Vienne]] department: [[La Roche-Posay]]

The Creuse flows into the [[Vienne (river)|Vienne]] about {{convert|20|km|mi}} north of [[Châtellerault]]. It receives its longest tributary, the [[Gartempe]], in La Roche-Posay.

The Creuse valley is the setting for paintings by the so-called [[Crozant School]], including works by [[Armand Guillaumin]] and a series of vivid landscapes by the Bordeaux artist [[Alfred Smith (artist)|Alfred Smith]].<ref name=McCullough2005>{{cite book
 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9hntB4BJzIC&pg=PA156
 |chapter=Alfred Smith
 |pages=156–157
 |title=Telfair Museum of Art: collection highlights
 |editor=Hollis Koons McCullough
 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-933075-04-9}}</ref>