Lavaveix-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [lavavɛ le min]; Occitan: La Vavetz) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

A farming village situated in the valley of the river Creuse, some 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Aubusson, at the junction of the D55, D94 and the D942 roads.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,175	—
1968	1,043	−11.2%
1975	989	−5.2%
1982	964	−2.5%
1990	836	−13.3%
1999	858	+2.6%
2008	788	−8.2%

• The nineteenth-century church.
• Remnants of the nineteenth-century coalmines.

• Communes of the Creuse department