Marsilly, Charente-Maritime
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Marsilly is a commune
in the Charente-Maritime
department in southwestern France
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and his wife Régine lived at La Richardière, a 16th century manor house in Marsilly. The house is evoked in Simenon's novel Le Testament Donadieu
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 Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in southwestern 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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Between 1932 and 1936, the well-known writer Georges SimenonGeorges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...
and his wife Régine lived at La Richardière, a 16th century manor house in Marsilly. The house is evoked in Simenon's novel Le Testament Donadieu