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2 unusual facts about Fraissinet-de-Lozère


Fraissinet-de-Lozère

An account of the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue (1692) elaborated by Dutch propaganda, very critical against Louis XIV, was thus sent and kept by the main characters of the Rouvière family, one of the most powerful groups of the village.

Placide Louis Chapelle

Archbishop Placide Louise Chapelle (August 28, 1842, Fraissinet-de-Lozère, Lozère, France – August 9, 1905, New Orleans, United States) was a French-American Roman Catholic archbishop.


Château de Florac

The Château de Florac is a castle, originally built in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 17th century, located in the French town of Florac, in Lozère, in south-central France.

Château de Miral

The Château de Miral (13th century) is a historical building on the territory of the commune of Bédouès, Lozère département, in the Cevennes mountains of south-central France, about 10 km east of Florac going towards Le Pont-de-Montvert on road "D998".

Le Puy Mine

At the close of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century the Le Puy Mine was together with Poullaouen and Huelgoat in Finistère, Vialas in Lozère, Pontgibaud in Puy-de-Dôme and Pontpéan in Ille-et-Vilaine one of the most important lead mines in France.

Michel del Castillo

Interned in a concentration camp under the name of Rieucros in Mende with his mother during the Second World War, he developed a sense of belonging to this town, which has honored him with naming a school after him.

Randon

Châteauneuf-de-Randon, commune in the Lozère department in southern France

Arzenc-de-Randon, canton of France, located in the Lozère department, in the Languedoc-Roussillon region

Rieutort-de-Randon, commune in the Lozère department in southern France

Thierry Brusseau

Thierry Brusseau (born July 22, 1964 in Marvejols, Lozère) was a track and field athlete from France, who mainly competed in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase during his career.


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