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Chavaniac-Lafayette
Sign in to saveChavaniac-Lafayette (; Occitan: Chavanhac de La Faieta) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
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Chavaniac-Lafayette is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Paulhaguet in the Haute-Loire department and the arrondissement of Brioude. The administrative entity is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and shares borders with Jax, Mazerat-Aurouze, Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve, and Saint-Georges-d'Aurac. It has an area of 8.41 and an elevation above sea level of 1046.
The commune’s official name is also recorded as Chavaniac and Chavagnac. Its population is listed as 458, with 130 males and 145 females, though another source records the population as 343. The postal code for the area is 43230, and it is associated with the electoral district of the canton of Pays de Lafayette.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chavaniac-Lafayette
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 343
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Chavaniac-Lafayette
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Château de Chavaniac - Lafayette.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Château de Chavaniac
- French commune.arrondissement
- Brioude
- French commune.canton
- Pays de Lafayette
- French commune.mayor
- Maurice Lac
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation m
- 714
- French commune.elevation min m
- 620
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1046
- French commune.area km2
- 8.41
- French commune.INSEE
- 43067
- French commune.postal code
- 43230
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Haute-loire | Chavaniac Lafayette
La commune de Chavaniac-Lafayette s'étend à l'ouest de la Haute-Loire entre Le Puy et Brioude. Chavaniac-Lafayette village du berceau du Marquis La Fayette connu pour son combat pour la liberté, acteur incontournable de l'Indépendance des Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Chavagnac
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Brioude
- Population
- 270
- Area
- 8.41
- Elevation
- 755
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saint-Georges-d'Aurac
- Official website
- www.chavaniac-lafayette.fr
- Image
- Château de Chavaniac Chavaniac-Lafayette.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chavaniac-Lafayette
- postal code
- 43230
- associated electoral district
- canton of Pays de Lafayette
- male population
- 130
- female population
- 145
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-71-77-51-50
- fax number
- +33-4-71-77-59-46
- P12749
- Peter Fox
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Encyclopedic overview
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Chavaniac-Lafayette (; Occitan: Chavanhac de La Faieta) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
The Château de Chavaniac, located in the commune, was the birthplace of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette in 1757. Originally named Chavaniac, the commune was renamed Chavaniac-Lafayette in 1884 in honor of its most famous resident.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chavaniac-Lafayette” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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