Courtine

Courtine ( Cortina in Occitan) is a common French, located in the department of the Creuse and the area the Limousin.

Geography

Commune located in the Massif Central Regional natural park of Millevaches in the Limousin on the Liege

History

  • Old strengthened city whose ramparts were destroyed under Louis XIII.
  • Chief town in Saint-Denis until the Revolution.
  • the church of Courtine, under the patronage of the monastery of Saint-Angel, was an appendix of that of Saint-Denis.
  • important Military camp since the beginning of the 20th century (1904)
  • Mutiny of the Russian soldiers with Courtine in 1917. to see external bonds
  • Visit of the marshal Pétain on July 24th, 1942
  • Of 1959 to 1964 , the Army Dutchwoman rents the camp to ensure it the instruction of its army corps.
  • the October 14th 1962 , the Général De Gaulle president of the Republic comes from Paris with Courtine to attend operations ASSAS carried out on the camp

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