Coutouvre
Encyclopedia
Coutouvre is a commune
in the Loire
department in central France
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It lies about 90 km (55.9 mi) northwest of Lyon
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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 Loire
Loire
Loire is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the River Loire's upper reaches.-History:Loire was created in 1793 when after just 3½ years the young Rhône-et-Loire department was split into two. This was a response to counter-Revolutionary activities in Lyon...
department in 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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It lies about 90 km (55.9 mi) northwest of Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
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People
Coutouvre was the birthplace of:- Claude Marie DubuisClaude Marie DubuisClaude Marie Dubuis was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Galveston from 1862 to 1892....
- Louis Mercier
- Jeanne-Marie ChavoinJeanne-Marie ChavoinJeanne-Marie Chavoin and Jean-Claude Colin together founded the Marist Sisters, a Catholic religious order of women....