Chavaniac-Lafayette (France)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
שאוואניאק-לאפייט (צרפת)
Name (Latin)
Chavaniac-Lafayette (France)
Other forms of name
nnaa Chavaniac-Lafayette, France
Coordinates
3.580555555 3.580555555 45.15861111 45.15861111 (gooearth )
Associated country
France
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 158908055
Wikidata: Q693259
Library of congress: n 78021379
Sources of Information
  • Colloque du Bicentenaire de l'indépendance des États-Unis, Chavaniac-Lafayette, France, 1976.La France et l'esprit de 76, c1977 (used in hdg.) added t.p. (Chavaniac-Lafayette)
  • BGN phone call, 3/31/78(Chavaniac [brief]-Lafayette; ppl.; 45p0s09ʹN 3p0s35ʹE; dep. of Haute Loire)
  • Dict. des communes, 1974(Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire)
Wikipedia description:

Chavaniac-Lafayette (French pronunciation: [ʃavanjak lafajɛt]; 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.

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