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Arrondissement Of Rochechouart
The arrondissement of Rochechouart is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 30 communes. Its population is 37,817 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Rochechouart, and their INSEE codes, are: # Chaillac-sur-Vienne (87030) # Champagnac-la-Rivière (87034) # Champsac (87036) # Chéronnac (87044) # Cognac-la-Forêt (87046) # Cussac (87054) # Dournazac (87060) # Gorre (87073) # Javerdat (87078) # La Chapelle-Montbrandeix (87037) # Les Salles-Lavauguyon (87189) # Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire (87091) # Marval (87092) # Oradour-sur-Glane (87110) # Oradour-sur-Vayres (87111) # Pensol (87115) # Rochechouart (87126) # Saillat-sur-Vienne (87131) # Saint-Auvent (87135) # Saint-Bazile (87137) # Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne (87140) # Saint-Cyr (87141) # Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux (87162) # Saint-Junien (87154) # Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre (87158) # Saint-Martin-de-Jussac (87164) # Saint-Mathi ...
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Rochechouart
Rochechouart (, ; oc, Rechoard, link=no, earlier ''La Ròcha Choard'') is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France. It is a subprefecture of the department. The name of the town comes from Latin ''roca cavardi'', which roughly translates as the rock of Cavardus, the lord who had the fortified place built at the beginning of the 11th century. More often than not, natives pronounce it , not as is its pronunciation in Standard French. History Aymeric I, who lived around 990, was the first viscount and established the Rochechouartais dynasty. Aymeric IV took part in the First Crusade at the end of the 11th century at the side of Godfrey of Bouillon, and it was Aymeric VI (1170–1230) who built the present castle, the Château de Rochechouart, the keep and gatehouse of which remain standing. At the end of the 13th century, Aimeric XI renounced a large part of his privileges and promulgated a charter of enfranchisement which tra ...
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Javerdat
Javerdat (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Comite of Fetes of Javerdat
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Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux
Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux (; oc, Senta Marí de Vaus) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub ...
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Saint-Cyr, Haute-Vienne
Saint-Cyr (; Limousin: ''Sent Circ'') is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub ...
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Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne
Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne (, literally ''Saint-Brice on Vienne''; oc, Sent Brecís) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Inhabitants are known as ''Saint-Briçois''. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub ...
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Saint-Bazile
Saint-Bazile () is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub ...
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Saint-Auvent
Saint-Auvent (; oc, Sent Auvenç) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Inhabitants are known as ''Auventais''. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub ...
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Saillat-sur-Vienne
Saillat-sur-Vienne (, literally ''Saillat on Vienne''; oc, Salhac , ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Because of the town's name's native pronunciation, Saillat was formerly known as Chaillac.Gustave Vapereau (1819-1906), ''Atlas géographique, statistique et historique des départements de la France'', 1867, p. 18/ref> Inhabitants are known as ''Saillatais''. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub ...
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Pensol
Pensol (; oc, Pansòu) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub ...
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Oradour-sur-Vayres
Oradour-sur-Vayres (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. History Oradour-sur-Glane massacre The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre occurred based on erroneous intelligence indicating that villagers were holding a German SS officer, who was being held in Oradour-sur-Vayres. Gallery File:The back or side of the town hall in Oradour-sur-Vayres.jpg, Back of town hall See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Oradour-sur-Vayres Official Website ...
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Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glane (; oc, Orador de Glana) was a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, New Aquitaine, west central France, as well as the name of the main village within the commune. History The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, when 643 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a company of troops belonging to the 2nd SS Panzer Division ''Das Reich'', a Waffen-SS unit of the military forces of Nazi Germany in World War II. A new village was built after the war on a nearby site, but on the orders of president Charles de Gaulle, the original has been maintained as a permanent memorial. The Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour museum is located beside the historic site. Personalities linked to the commune * Robert Hébras, born on 29 June 1925 in Oradour-sur-Glane; one of the six survivors of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre on 10 June 1944. * Jean-Claude Peyronnet, (1940–), French politician, creator of the Centre of ...
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Marval
Marval (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. Inhabitants are known as ''Marvalais'' in French. See also *Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub ...
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