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 (20012008) 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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