Clairavaux (French pronunciation: [klɛʁavo]; Occitan: Claravau) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the Creuse, some 13 miles (21 km) south of Aubusson at the junction of the D31 and the D982 roads.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	196	—
1968	247	+26.0%
1975	204	−17.4%
1982	148	−27.5%
1990	171	+15.5%
1999	152	−11.1%
2008	155	+2.0%

The French Ministry of Culture lists several historic monuments in Clairavaux:

• The twelfth-century church, Église Saint-Roch et de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame
• The remains of a feudal castle, the Château fort de Puyravaux, at Branges
• A 13th-century chapel, previously the parish church Église Paroissiale Sainte-Anne et Saint-Louis, at Boucheresse
• A 12th-century stone cross

A memorial commemorates two members of the French Resistance, killed by the Wehrmacht on 14 July 1944 at Clairavaux.

• Communes of the Creuse department

• Base Mérimée: Church, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Château fort de Puyravaux, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Base Mérimée: 13th century chapel, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Base Mérimée: 12th century cross, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)