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5 unusual facts about Garches


203rd General Hospital

After the liberation of Paris in August, 1944, the 203rd was assigned to a hospital plant in the Parisian region, where they administered and staffed in Garches, the largest medical establishment of the European Theater of Operations.

Coco and Igor

Coco invites him to bring his family to stay with her at her villa in Garches – 'Bel Respiro'.

Garches

The cemetery adjacent to the church was moved in 1930 and contains the graves of some well known people, including Sidney Bechet, who chose to spend his last years in Garches.

Golden rectangle

Le Corbusier's 1927 Villa Stein in Garches features a rectangular ground plan, elevation, and inner structure that closely approximate golden rectangles.

Guillaume Depardieu

Guillaume Depardieu died on 13 October 2008, at the Garches hospital, aged 37, after contracting severe viral pneumonia at a filming location, where he had been working on a new film, L'Enfance d'Icare.


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Georges Poujouly

Georges Poujouly (20 January 1940, Garches, Hauts-de-Seine – 28 October 2000, Villejuif, Val-de-Marne) was a French actor who gained international acclaim as a child for his performance in the award-winning film Forbidden Games.

Jean Lassalle

Earlier the same day he had been admitted to hospital in Garches, in the western suburbs of Paris, prompting intervention by President Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Sarkozy.


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