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unusual facts about Chissey-en-Morvan


Théo Kerg

He permanently settled in Paris, and spent the last three years of his life in Chissey-en-Morvan, in Burgundy, where he died in 1993.


Dominique Sorrente

He spent his childhood in various cities and regions of France: Marseille, the Morvan’s forests and the Vendée, on the Atlantic coast.

Frères Morvan

The Frères Morvan (Breton language : "Ar Vreudeur Morvan" ), François (1923–2012), Henri (born 1931) and Yvon (born 1934), are three brothers native of the village of Botcol, in the municipality of Saint-Nicodème (Côtes-d'Armor) and who constituted a group of traditional singers in 1958, with the arrival of first sound system.

Griffon Nivernais

The breed was reconstructed beginning in 1925, by some hunters in Morvan, modeling on the ancient types that came to Europe with the Crusaders and the type called "Canes Segusii" or the Celtic Hound by early dog writers.

Hayk Mirzayans

Psammodromius mirzayani Morvan, 1977 (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Laemostenus (Antisphodrus) mirzayani (Morvan, 1973) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Trechus mirzayani Morvan, 1974 (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Ouroux-en-Morvan

Since 1 January 2008 Ouroux is officially the centre of the Eurozone.

Paul-Jean-Baptiste Poret de Morvan

Paul-Jean-Baptiste Poret de Morvan (14 April 1777 – 17 February 1834), baron of the Empire, was a French officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, who rose to the rank of general.

Rob Pilatus

In 1992, Pilatus and Morvan signed with a new label, Taj, and released Rob & Fab, an album featuring their own voices; it sold a scant 2,000 copies.

Saisy

To the southwest, 20 minutes along the D973 from the commune of Saisy and the gateway to the Morvan National Park is the city of Autun.

The Morvan National Park, the equivalent of a rich man's Lake District in the UK, was the base for the French Resistance in the Second World War and is a short drive away.

Veilly

In this respect, its location is ideal : next to the wine producing area (Hautes Côtes de Beaune), to the vast and deep forest of Le Morvan, and to rich farming and growing areas (L’Auxois).

Yoann

It had by then for a while been clear that Dupuis had plans to replace Morvan and Munuera, the duo that had then for some years had the main responsibility for Spirou et Fantasio.


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