The Morvan (historically Morvand from the Latin ''Murvinnum'' 590)Pierre-Henri Billy, ''Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la France'', éditions Errance, 640 pages, 2011 , is a mountainous massif lying just to the west of the
Côte d'Or
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Variscan
The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.
Nomenclature
The name ''Variscan'', comes f ...
age. It is composed of granites and basalts and formed a
promontory
A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the so ...
extending northwards into the Jurassic sea.
It is the smallest mountain area in France in terms of landmass covered, as well as the lowest, with a maximum altitude of 901 metres (2,956 feet) at Haut-Folin.
Geography
The Morvan is located across the
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or (; literally, "Golden Slope") is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.Nièvre,
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part.
Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...
departments
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Government and military
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protected area
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Château-Chinon
Château-Chinon is the name of two communes of the Nièvre ''département'', in France:
* Château-Chinon (Ville)
* Château-Chinon (Campagne)
The two towns are neighboring each other. They were separated during the French Revolution
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, Nièvre on the D978 road between Nevers and Autun. Several of its valleys have been dammed to form reservoirs.
Cantons du massif du Morvan (France).svg, Map of the
cantons
A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...
of the Morvan
Carte des Communes du Parc Naturel Régional du Morvan en 2008.svg, Map of the communes of the Morvan Regional Natural Park
Carte géologique du Morvan.svg, Geological map of the Morvan
Landscape, Morvan, France (2).JPG, Typical landscape in the Morvan
Music
The Morvan has a strong musical tradition. It uses musical ideas from many other cultures and combines them to make its own.
Château-Chinon (Ville)
Château-Chinon (Ville) () is a commune in the Nièvre department in France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
The villages around the town are grouped in another commune named Château-Chinon (Campagne).
François Mitterrand (1916–199 ...