Saint-Péreuse

Saint-Péreuse is a common French, located in the department of the Nievre and the area Burgundy. Its inhabitants are Pétrusiens.

Geography

Saint-Péreuse overhangs the valley of Veynon and is in extreme cases of the solid mass of the Morvan and the Bazois.

History

The commune of Saint-Péreuse would have been founded with the V^e century by a monk, Saint-Pétrusii, comes to spread the Christianisme.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Château of Besne of the XV^e century remakes with the XIX^e century
Château of Saulières of the XVIII^e century

Personalities related to the commune

Pierre Tassin de Saint-Péreuse (1910-1995). Officer of the air force. Joined in June 1940 free France from Morocco, in rocambolesques circumstances. Ordering Group of bombardment Lorraine, then " group; Bretagne". Amputee of one leg at the conclusion of an air crash in 1943. Finish the war as lieutenant-colonel (colonel in 1952). Companion of the Release, commander of the Legion of honor.

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