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    Chavaniac-Lafayette (French pronunciation: [ʃavanjak lafajɛt]; Occitan: Chavanhac de La Faieta) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central...
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    de Chavaniac aka Chateau Lafayette is a fortified manor house of eighteen rooms furnished in the Louis XIII style located in Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire...
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    hero in both France and the United States. Lafayette was born into a wealthy land-owning family in Chavaniac in the province of Auvergne in south-central...
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  • Michel du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (category Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette)
    de Chavaniac, in Chavaniac-Lafayette, near Le Puy-en-Velay, in the province of Auvergne (now Haute-Loire): Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834)...
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    commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France Chavaniac-Lafayette is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France...
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    volunteer pilots flying fighters. It was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolutionary War. In September 1917, the...
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    House of La Trémoille Duke of Noailles Pineton de Chambrun Château de Chavaniac Château de la Grange-Bléneaug Château-Dauphin Château de Saint Romain...
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    1779 – 29 November 1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne...
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  • following communes: Ally Arlet Aubazat Blassac Cerzat Chassagnes Chastel Chavaniac-Lafayette Chilhac La Chomette Collat Couteuges Cronce Domeyrat Ferrussac Frugières-le-Pin...
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    Château de Chavaniac, located in the commune, was the birthplace of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette in 1757. Originally named Chavaniac, the commune...
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