Chavaniac-Lafayette
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Chavaniac-Lafayette is a commune
in the Haute-Loire
department in south-central France
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The Château de Chavaniac
, located in the commune, was the birth place of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette in 1757.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Haute-Loire
Haute-Loire
Haute-Loire is a department in south-central France named after the Loire River.-History:Haute-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in south-central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The Château de Chavaniac
Château de Chavaniac
The Château de Chavaniac is a fortified manor house of eighteen rooms furnished in the Louis XIII style located in Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire, in Auvergne, France....
, located in the commune, was the birth place of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette in 1757.
See also
- Communes of the Haute-Loire department
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