Magnac-Laval

Magnac -Laval is a commune with 1815 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Haute -Vienne, in the Limousin region; it belongs to the district Bellac and Canton Magnac- Laval.

Neighbours of Magnac -Laval are Dompierre- les- Églises in the east. Villefavard the southeast and Droux in the south.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Church ( Monument historique 1925)
  • Castle Chercorat
  • Castle Sirvenon

Personalities

  • Marie Thérèse Françoise de Salignac († 1726), Marquise de Magnac
  • Pierre III. de Laval Lezay († 1687 ), whose husband, 3rd Marquis de Laval Lezay, Marquis de Magnac
  • Gui André de Laval Lezay († 1745), whose son, 4th Marquis de Laval Lezay, Marquis de Magnac
  • Gui André Pierre de Montmorency -Laval (1723-1798), whose son, 1748 ( with elevation of the barony Arnac and Marquisats Magnac to Duché) Duc de Laval, marshal of France in 1783.
  • Robert David (1873-1958), politician, died in Magnac -Laval
  • René d' Abadie (1895-1971), ornithologist, founder of the Société Française d' ornithology
  • Alexandre Vialatte (1901-1971), writer, born in Magnac -Laval
  • Georges Guingouin (1913-2005), a resistance fighter, politician, born in Magnac -Laval
Arrondissement Arrondissement of Bellac Cantons of France Postal codes in France Arnac-la-Poste Bessines-sur-Gartempe Breuilaufa Mortemart
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