Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Encyclopedia
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac is a commune
in the Creuse
department in central France
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The Château de Chabannes
was an orphanage in the village of Chabannes (part of today's Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac) in Vichy France
where about 400 Jewish refugee children were saved from the Holocaust by efforts of its director, Félix Chevrier and other teachers.
forms part of the commune's northeastern border, flows west through the commune, then forms part of the commune's northwestern border.
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 Creuse
Creuse
Creuse is a department in central France named after the Creuse River.-History:Creuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the former province of La Marche....
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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The Château de Chabannes
Château de Chabannes
Château de Chabannes was an orphanage in the village of Chabannes in Vichy France where about 400 Jewish refugee children were saved from the Holocaust by efforts of its director, Félix Chevrier and other teachers...
was an orphanage in the village of Chabannes (part of today's Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac) in Vichy France
Vichy France
Vichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...
where about 400 Jewish refugee children were saved from the Holocaust by efforts of its director, Félix Chevrier and other teachers.
Geography
The river SemmeSemme
The Semme is a 50.3 km long river in the Creuse and Haute-Vienne départements, central France. Its source is in Saint-Priest-la-Feuille...
forms part of the commune's northeastern border, flows west through the commune, then forms part of the commune's northwestern border.