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Châlus

Châlus (French pronunciation: [ʃaly]; Occitan: Chasluç) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

For the city in Iran, see Chalus, Iran.

Châlus

Alain Brézaudy[1]

27.98 km2 (10.80 sq mi)

1,659

59/km2 (150/sq mi)

87032 /87230

310–444 m (1,017–1,457 ft)

Regional Nature Park Périgord-Limousin[edit]

Châlus is located in the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park, a public establishment created in 1998 to protect and develop a large rural area with 50,500 inhabitants over 180,000 hectares and which includes 78 municipalities (More than one "associated territory", the lakes of Haute-Charente), two départements (Dordogne and Haute-Vienne), and formerly two regions, Aquitaine and Limousin, merged into one in 2016: Nouvelle-Aquitaine. According to its two fundamental principles "Better living on a quality territory" and "Better living through controlled development", the park aims to protect and enhance the natural, cultural and human heritage of its territory by implementing a policy Development and economic, social and cultural development. Its actions are also aimed at enhancing local resources with a view to sustainable development, improving the quality of water and hydrosystems at the level of the three headlands of the Périgord-Limousin watersheds, preserving the Biodiversity and the fight against global warming. The headquarters of this public establishment, which endeavors to boost the identity and social ties of the Périgord-Limousin region, is located in the Mas-Nadaud castle in Pageas.

Sights[edit]

Châlus has a castle named Château de Châlus-Chabrol and a ruined castle named Château de Châlus-Maulmont.


Richard's entrails are still preserved in the chapel, and there is a medieval garden. Other attractions of the village include a museum dedicated to the chestnut.


The biggest Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in Europe, with a circumference of 13.3 m, is in a private garden.[6]


Inhabitants are known as Chalusiens.

Aymery of Châlus (died 31 October 1349 in ), canon of the chapter of Limoges Cathedral in 1314, archbishop of Ravenna in 1322, then bishop of Chartres in 1332, cardinal in 1342, named legate in Lombardy in 1342, then in Romagna, Corsica, Sardinia, then in Sicily where he steered 2-year-old in the name of the pope, was born in Châlus.

Avignon

Pierre de Châlus (died in February 1352), .

abbot of Cluny

Robert de Châlus (killed in the on 19 September 1356).

battle of Poitiers

Louis I of Bourbon count of Busset, baron of Busset, Châlus, Vésignieux, Saint-Martin-du-Puy (born on 18 October 1648; killed in the siége of on 10 November 1677).

Fribourg

Gaspard-Louis de Bourbon, count of Châlus (born on 16 May 1745; died in Bets on 8 December 1751, interred in the cathedral ).

Notre-Dame de Paris

Pierre Desproges

born on 7 November 1940 in Châlus, is a French politician.

Jean-Claude Peyronnet

born Nathanaël de Willecot de Rincquesen on 9 March 1972 in Paris, is a French journalist and television presenter with strong ties to Châlus in Limousin

Nathanaël de Rincquesen

(1914) - Writer, poet, several works refer to Châlus (Terres de mémoires, Quadrille sur la tour, L'Enfant double, etc.)

Georges-Emmanuel Clancier

known as Lawrence of Arabia (1888-1935) - Preparing his thesis on The Influence of the Crusades in European Military Architecture at the End of the Twelfth Century, celebrated his 20th birthday, 16 August 1908, in The old Grand Hôtel du midi174, during its tour of France by bicycle

Thomas Edward Lawrence

Raymond de Châlus takes part in the 1st crusade of Saint Louis in 1250.

Communes of the Haute-Vienne department

(in French)

About the Chateau