Chaumard
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Chaumard is a commune in the Nièvre department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Château-Chinon and the canton of Montsauche-les-Settons. The municipality is located in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and lies next to the Yonne river. It shares borders with the communes of Ouroux-en-Morvan, Châtin, Corancy, and Mhère.
The area of Chaumard is 16.15 square kilometers, with an elevation of 597 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 58120. Population figures vary slightly between sources, with one listing 211 residents (102 male and 106 female) and another citing 219. The commune is associated with the canton of Château-Chinon for electoral purposes.
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- Locality
- Chaumard
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 219
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Chaumard
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Église de Chaumard.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The church in Chaumard
- French commune.INSEE
- 58068
- French commune.postal code
- 58120
- French commune.arrondissement
- Château-Chinon (Ville)
- French commune.canton
- Château-Chinon
- French commune.demonym
- Chaumardois
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Pierre Billard
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
- 277
- French commune.elevation max m
- 597
- French commune.area km2
- 16.15
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Chaumard
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Château-Chinon
- Population
- 192
- Area
- 16.15
- Elevation
- 394
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Yonne
- Shares border with
- Planchez
- Image
- Église de Chaumard.JPG
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- Commons category
- Chaumard
- postal code
- 58120
- associated electoral district
- canton of Château-Chinon
- male population
- 102
- female population
- 106
- P8168
- Emmy Albus
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-86-78-03-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Demographics
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Chaumard () is a rural commune in the eastern part of the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France. It is located within Morvan Regional Natural Park, encompassing part of the artificial Lac de Pannecière.
==History== On 31 July 1944 amid World War II and the German occupation of France, 22 members of the French Resistance were killed by German soldiers during a raid in the Bois de Chaumard, a local forest in which they were hiding.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chaumard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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