Personalities linked to the municipality:
Leah said Vedrine Nigremont Georges (1895-1971): Born in La Villeneuve, a student at the Normal School Gueret from 1900 to 1903, she became a teacher. She married Fernand Pelletier in 1910. Inspector of kindergartens in Nancy in 1926 and then in Paris from 1935 to 1945, for his passion as a writer and according to the fashion of the time (cf. George Sand), she borrowed his pseudonym in the village of Saint-Georges-Nigremont where his father, a schoolteacher, was born and where his grandfather had built a house. His most famous novel, published in 1936, Jeantou, Mason Creuse describes the difficult life of peasants Masons Creuse in the early 19th century. He was awarded the Youth in 1937. His other major works: Tales of the Auvergne, Marche and Limousin (Gedalge Books, 1940), Track Eskimo (Delagrave, 1966), A victory at the Olympic Games (Republished Ed. Rowan, 1996), Aubusson, the torn city (1970).
Pierre Eugene Montezin (1874-1946): painter influenced by Claude Monet, Montezin, like other Impressionists, visited La Villeneuve where he painted many works (output, a village in the snow ... in Creuse). A beautiful canvas painted in 1925 representing part of the village of La Villeneuve is the property of the village.
Although recent (created by the common decree of Napoleon the 3rd of February 1, 1867), the village of La Villeneuve has a rich architectural heritage which originated mainly from the development of the fur industry in the area.
Locally called castles, four large middle class homes were built in the village, each surrounded by a beautiful park. Include the castle says the Rock, built in 1908 by Emile Chapal, which was the subject of many postcards, castles Aimé Chapal, Bern family cap and family. A fifth, of the same origin, located in the village of St. Bard, at a place called Chazépaud, has all of what was once called a "madness".
The Church of St Radegund: It originally came from a chapel in poor condition that the inhabitants raised him in 1826 and to which they added the steeple. Dedicated to St. Radegund (Queen of France, wife of Clotaire I, 519-587) and Saint Abdon, the church was built on plans by architect departmental Masbrenier by neo-medieval style, the work was funded by several subscriptions. She was blessed in 1869. Father Beluze, missionary behind the creation of the parish, was a friend of the pastor of the church of Saint-Amable Riom. During the restoration of this church, he obtained from him the gift of four beautiful twisted columns and two angels' heads, carved woodwork in 1687 by Andrew Boysen (Clermont-Ferrand) and Christmas Mercier (Gannat) that were re-used to build the altar of the church of St. Radegund. In the center of it, a painting by Emma Boroden in 1865 represents the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin inspired by Pietro Berrettini said Pietro da Cortona. Ten stained glass windows created by Antoine Champrobert, glass painter of Clermont-Ferrand, offered by several families of La Villeneuve illuminate the choir and nave. Worthy of note was a curious painting of a Christ on the cross wearing a "skirt" and surrounded by a flower bed. This is a "Christ of Earthquakes" as can be admired in museums including the Museum of Art of Lima (Peru), protective christ dating from 1750-1770. The origin of the cult of Christ of earthquakes, from a statue dedicated in the cathedral of Cuzco, Peru, began after the powerful earthquake in 1650 and remains alive today. We do not know to this day the reason for the presence of this painting in the church of St. Radegund. The church was restored in 2008 thanks to a subscription with the help of the Heritage Foundation (roof, steeple, stained glass, electricity, heating, wood paneling). The visitor can admire the whole choir from the entrance of the church (free lighting).
