Fréchou

Fréchou

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Fréchou

Coordinates: 44°05′09″N 0°19′18″E / 44.0858°N 0.3217°E / 44.0858; 0.3217Coordinates: 44°05′09″N 0°19′18″E / 44.0858°N 0.3217°E / 44.0858; 0.3217
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Arrondissement of Nérac
Canton Canton of Nérac
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Coteaux de l'Albret
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Pierre Dagras
Area1 11.97 km2 (4.62 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 249
 • Density 21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 47103 / 47600
Elevation 52–142 m (171–466 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Fréchou is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. The town is known for being the site of the pseudo-apparitions that led to the founding of the dissident Traditionalist Catholic schismatic sectarian group Fraternite Notre Dame.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.fraternitenotredame.com/Pages/EN_Pages/EN_History/EN_History-01.html
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