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unusual facts about département of France



Col de Saverne

The Col de Saverne (Pass of Saverne or Saverne Pass) is a natural pass in the north of the Vosges mountains, near Saverne, which permits travel between the département of Bas-Rhin, région Alsace and the département of Moselle, région Lorraine.


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Albert Guillaume

Albert Guillaume died during the occupation in the rural village of Faux in the Dordogne département of France in 1942.

Antoine Duhamel

Born in Valmondois in the Val-d'Oise département of France, Antoine Duhamel is the son of French writer Georges Duhamel and actress Blanche Albane.

Bourguignon

Bourguignon, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs département of France

Cecily Lefort

She is recorded on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England; and, as one of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the Valençay SOE Memorial in Valençay, in the Indre departément of France.

Chalus

Châlus, a commune in the Haute-Vienne département of France

Chalus, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme département of France

Château d'Apremont

The Château d'Apremont is a ruined 16th century château in the commune of Apremont in the Vendée département of France.

Château d'Essalois

The Château d'Essalois is a restored castle in the commune of Chambles in the Loire département of France, overlooking a dammed portion of the Loire River, Lake Grangent.

Château d'Étobon

The Château d'Étobon is a ruined castle in the commune of Étobon in the Haute-Saône département of France, 6 km from the town of Héricourt.

Château de Béduer

The Château de Béduer is a 13th-century feudal castle in the commune of Béduer in the Lot département of France.

Château de Cambiac

The Château de Cambiac is a 15th-century castle in the commune of Cambiac in the Haute-Garonne département of France.

Château de Chacenay

The Château de Chacenay is a castle situated in the commune of Chacenay, in the Aube département of France.

Château de Chambonneau

The Château de Chambonneau is a castle in the commune of Gizay in the Vienne département of France that still shows good parts of the original "chateau-fort".

Château de Châteauneuf

The Château de Châteauneuf, also known as the Château de Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, is a 15th-century fortress in the commune of Châteauneuf, 43 km from Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or département of France.

Château de Condat

The Château de Condat is a mansion which was developed from a 15th-century castle in the commune of Bouziès in the Lot département of France.

Château de Conros

The Château de Conros is a medieval castle, later heavily modified, situated in Arpajon-sur-Cère in the Cantal département of France.

Château de Creully

The Château de Creully is an 11th- and 12th-century castle located in the town of Creully in the Calvados département of France.

Château de Doumely

The Château de Doumely is a 15th-century fortified castle that dominates the countryside of Porcien, situated in the commune of Doumely-Bégny in the Ardennes département of France.

Château de Fourquevaux

The Château de Fourquevaux was originally a 15th-century castle in the commune of Fourquevaux in the Haute-Garonne département of France.

Château de Hierges

The Château de Hierges is a partially ruined castle in the commune of Hierges in the Ardennes département of France.

Château de Hohenfels

The Château de Hohenfels is a castle situated in the commune of Dambach, in the Bas-Rhin département of France.

Château de Jean

The Château de Jean is a French château built on the site of an older castle in the commune of Villariès in the Haute-Garonne département of France.

Château de Kérouzéré

The Château de Kérouzéré is a 15th-century Breton castle (or manor-house) in the commune of Sibiril in the Finistère département of France.

Château de la Barre

The Château de la Barre is a residence in the commune of Brégnier-Cordon in the Ain département of France.

Château de Larroque-Toirac

The Château de Larroque-Toirac is a mediaeval castle in the commune of Larroque-Toirac in the Lot département of France.

Château de Montmort

The Château de Montmort is a stately home built on the site of a medieval castle in the commune of Montmort-Lucy in the Marne département of France.

Château de Pibrac

The Château de Pibrac is a converted 16th century castle in the commune of Pibrac in the Haute-Garonne département of France.

Château de Puybardeau

The Château de Puybardeau is a château or country house in Lignerolles, a small town and commune in the Indre département of France.

Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré

The Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré is a château in the commune of Saint-Germain-Beaupré in the Creuse département of France.

Château de Saint-Maurice

The Château de Saint-Maurice is built on the remains of an earlier 13th castle in the commune of Saint-Maurice-Navacelles in the Hérault département of France.

Château de Thorens

The Château de Thorens is a castle in the commune of Thorens-Glières in the Haute-Savoie département of France.

Château de Vieillevigne

The Château de Vieillevigne is a castle and stately home in the commune of Vieillevigne in the Haute-Garonne département of France.

Château de Villefranche

The Château de Villefranche is a castle and stately home in the commune of Villeneuve-lès-Bouloc in the Haute-Garonne département of France.

Château Sainte-Marie

The Château Sainte-Marie is a castle dating from the second half of the 16th century, modified and altered during the 19th century, in the commune of Longages in the Haute-Garonne département of France.

Courbette

Courbette, a commune of the Jura département of France

Gignac Bridge

Gignac Bridge (French: Pont de Gignac) carries the N109 road over the Hérault River, 1 km west of the town of Gignac in the Hérault département of France.

Jack Agazarian

Jack Agazarian is honored on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England, on the SOE memorial at Flossenbürg and also on the Roll of Honor on the Valençay SOE Memorial in Valençay, in the Indre département of France

Jacques Bouveresse

Born on 20 August 1940 in Épenoy in the Doubs département of France into a farming family, Jacques Bouveresse completed his secondary education at the seminary of Besançon.

Jean-Bernard Gauthier de Murnan

Jean-Bernard Gauthier was born in a family of jurists in Bourg-en-Bresse (now Ain département) of France.

John Kenneth Macalister

Captain Ken Macalister is honored on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey in Brookwood, Surrey, England and as one of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, he is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the Valençay SOE Memorial in the town of Valençay, in the Indre département of France.

Ladon

Ladon, Loiret, a commune in the Loiret département of France

Lahontan

Lahontan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France

Pompadour

Arnac-Pompadour, often simply called Pompadour a commune of the Corrèze département of France, former marquisate, famous for its Château and its National Stud

Toul-Rosières Air Base

It is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of France, 10 miles northeast of the city of Toul, on the west side of the Route nationale 411 (N411) Highway about one mile southeast of Rosières-en-Haye.

Tour de Crest

The Tour de Crest (Crest Tower) is the imposing vestige of a castle - the Château de Crest - in the commune of Crest in the Drôme département of France, one of the highest keeps in Europe, if not the highest (52 metres/171 feet).

Tours de Merle

The Tours de Merle (English, Towers of Merle) are the ruins of a castle in the commune of Saint-Geniez-ô-Merle, in the Corrèze département of France.