Chaumard
Sign in to saveChaumard () 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.
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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
- Official name
- Chaumard
- Population
- 192
- Area
- 16.15
- Elevation
- 394
- Image
- Église de Chaumard.JPG
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- Commons category
- Chaumard
- postal code
- 58120
- 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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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.
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