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Châlus (French pronunciation: [ʃaly]; Occitan: Chasluç) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

Châlus
Commune
The château of Châlus Chabrol
Location of Châlus
Châlus
Châlus
Coordinates: 45°39′21″N 0°58′53″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentHaute-Vienne
ArrondissementLimoges
CantonSaint-Yrieix-la-Perche
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Alain Brézaudy[1]
Area
1
27.98 km2 (10.80 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
1,640
  Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
87032 /87230
Elevation310–444 m (1,017–1,457 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History


Richard I of England lethally hurt in Châlus (right)
Richard I of England lethally hurt in Châlus (right)

Richard I, King of England was besieging Châlus in 1199 when Pierre Basile wounded him with a crossbow bolt; Richard died of the wound.

In 1275-1280, Géraud de Maumont built a second castle, Châlus Maulmont, in front of Châlus Chabrol. Chateau Châlus Maulmont was damaged extensively during the French Revolution, and was dismantled in 1790, then used as a prison. The tower of Châlus Maulmont collapsed on March 20, 1994.[3]

By 1745, the first map, in the 1/8628th, of Châlus is established to appear in the atlas of Trudaine for the majority of Limoges, with the portion of road at the level of La-Ribière going to Châlus of the Big road from Limoges to Périgueux [4] and with the portion of road reaching the majority of Périgord.[5]

During the First World War, in 1917, American troops stationed in Chalus and maintained contacts with the population. Tradition reports that the American soldiers dynamited the rock of Richard Heart of Lion in order to bring back a portion in the United States. She also reports that an Alsatian refugee provoked a public scandal by addressing the one who had just attempted her reputation: Dare once to repeat that you saw me beat by an American!

T. E. Lawrence, who would later be known as Lawrence of Arabia, celebrated his 20th birthday at the former Grand Hôtel du Midi, Place de la Fountain, on August 16, 1908, whilst tracing the route of Richard I of England, on a cycling tour of France in preparation for his thesis: The Influence of the crusades on the European military architecture at the end of the XIIth century.

Châlus constitutes the framework or the geographical reference of novels and essays, such as Women who fall from Pierre Desproges, or Quadrille on the tower of Georges-Emmanuel Clancier. She is also quoted in Robert Margerit's Land of Wolves, as well as in Volume 7, When a King Loses France, Cursed Kings of Maurice Druon or in the Richard Lionheart of Walter Scott. Twice, in 1976 and 2010, the Hollywood cinema evokes Chalus. The film La Rose et la Flèche / Robin and Marian (1976), with Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn, opens on the siege of Châlus by Richard Cœur de Lion, played by Richard Harris. The first few minutes of Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, with Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, opening the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, restore the battle of Châlus.


Regional Nature Park Périgord-Limousin


Châlus is located in the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park, a public establishment created in 1998 to protect and develop a large rural area with 50,500 inhabitants over 180,000 hectares and which includes 78 municipalities (More than one "associated territory", the lakes of Haute-Charente), two départements (Dordogne and Haute-Vienne), and formerly two regions, Aquitaine and Limousin, merged into one in 2016: Nouvelle-Aquitaine. According to its two fundamental principles "Better living on a quality territory" and "Better living through controlled development", the park aims to protect and enhance the natural, cultural and human heritage of its territory by implementing a policy Development and economic, social and cultural development. Its actions are also aimed at enhancing local resources with a view to sustainable development, improving the quality of water and hydrosystems at the level of the three headlands of the Périgord-Limousin watersheds, preserving the Biodiversity and the fight against global warming. The headquarters of this public establishment, which endeavors to boost the identity and social ties of the Périgord-Limousin region, is located in the Mas-Nadaud castle in Pageas.


Sights


Châlus has a castle named Château de Châlus-Chabrol and a ruined castle named Château de Châlus-Maulmont.

Richard's entrails are still preserved in the chapel, and there is a medieval garden. Other attractions of the village include a museum dedicated to the chestnut.

The biggest Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in Europe, with a circumference of 13.3 m, is in a private garden.[6]

Inhabitants are known as Chalusiens.


Personalities


Raymond de Châlus takes part in the 1st crusade of Saint Louis in 1250.


See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Chalus Maulmont on www.culture, data base Memoire
  4. Map of Châlus of the atlas of Trudaine On www.culture.gouv.fr
  5. Map from Chareille to Firbeix of the atlas of Trudaine on the Archim data base of ministère de la culture
  6. Paronomio, the Giant sequoia of Châlus Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine



На других языках


[de] Châlus

Châlus (auf Okzitanisch Chasluç) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 1640 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019), die im Département Haute-Vienne in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine liegt.
- [en] Châlus

[fr] Châlus

Châlus [ʃaly] est une commune française située dans le département de la Haute-Vienne, en région Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Localisée au sud-ouest de Limoges et au nord-est de Périgueux, elle appartient au Limousin historique. Elle est connue pour être le lieu où le roi d'Angleterre Richard Cœur de Lion fut mortellement blessé en 1199.

[ru] Шалю

Шалю или Шалюс[1] (фр. Châlus) — коммуна во Франции, находится в департаменте Верхняя Вьенна, регион Новая Аквитания к северо-востоку от Перигё и юго-западу от Лиможа. Входит в состав кантона Сент-Ирье-ла-Перш округа Лимож[2]. Коммуна известна тем, что в 1199 году на её территории был смертельно ранен английский король Ричард I Львиное Сердце.



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