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thumb|Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos (14th century) Montfavet is a district of the city of Avignon in the Vaucluse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Locality
Avignon
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Population
14,000
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Instance of
neighborhood
Country
France
Located in
Avignon
Time zone
UTC+02:00
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Montfavet.JPG
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Montfavet
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1794-01-01
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thumb|Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos (14th century) Montfavet is a district of the city of Avignon in the Vaucluse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

In southern France, the district is well known for the psychiatric hospital, "Centre Hospitalier Montfavet Avignon" located Montdevergues. Sculptor Camille Claudel was a patient in this hospital for thirty years. Georges-Ernest Roux (1903–1981), a postman who lived in Avignon, founded the Universal Christian Church (now named Universal Alliance), claimed to be Jesus, and was famous under the name "Christ of Montfavet".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montfavet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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