Saint-Privat-du-Fau explained
| Saint-Privat-du-Fau |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Mende |
| Canton: | Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole |
| Insee: | 48179 |
| Postal Code: | 48140 |
| Mayor: | Jean-Claude Laurent[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac |
| Coordinates: | 44.9178°N 3.3408°W |
| Elevation M: | 1100 |
| Elevation Min M: | 879 |
| Elevation Max M: | 1417 |
| Area Km2: | 22.16 |
Saint-Privat-du-Fau (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ pʁiva dy fo/; Occitan (post 1500);: Sent Privat del Fau) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.[2]
Notable people
- Augustin Trébuchon (30 May 1878 - 11 November 1918) was the last French soldier killed during the First World War.[3] He was a shepherd in Saint-Privat-du-Fau when he was mobilised in 1914.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
- https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM48179-saint-privat-du-fau INSEE commune file
- News: The last soldiers to die in World War I . At 10.45 another 40-year-old soldier, Frenchman Augustin Trebuchon, was taking a message to troops by the River Meuse saying that soup would be served at 11.30 after the peace, when he too was killed.. BBC Magazine. John Hayes-Fisher. 29 October 2008. 24 March 2020.
