The village has a population of 930 and is mostly known for being the birthplace (and burial place) of Marie Walewska (née Łączyńska), one of the mistresses of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Emperor planned to divorce Josephine and instead marry Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma and maintaining an affair with another woman seemed inappropriate.
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Marie Walewska also had a niece, named Barth, who lived in Bergen, Norway.
Marie Antoinette | Marie Curie | Marie Osmond | Sault Ste. Marie | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Marie Claire | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma | Marie Lloyd | Adrien-Marie Legendre | Marie | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | Marie de' Medici | Jean Victor Marie Moreau | Jean-Marie Le Pen | Charles-Marie Widor | Anne-Marie Albiach | Marie of Brabant, Queen of France | Teena Marie | Rose Marie | Eva Marie Saint | Sault Ste. Marie (disambiguation) | Marie-Pierre Castel | Marie Laforêt | Marie Knutsen | Marie Dressler | Marie Bashir | Jean-Marie Riachi | Île Sainte-Marie | Anne-Marie Johnson |