Marvejols
Marvejols ( okzitan.: Maruejols ) is a city in France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in the Lozere department. The city is situated on the banks of the river Colagne and has 4992 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) on an area of 12.45 km ².
Marvejols received the 2000 European Prize for his services to the cause of European unity.
Twinning
- Since 1983, a partnership with Cockermouth in Great Britain
Personalities
- Charles S. J. Lavigne (1840-1913); Jesuit, Founder and Apostolic Vicar and titular bishop in India, and later diocesan Bishop of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka.