Oradour-sur-Glane
The village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi occupied France was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company.
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Population: 3,156
Latitude: 45° 49' 0.01" N
Longitude: 0° 27' 0.00" E
The village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi occupied France was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company.
Rochechouart is an impact crater in France. Its original diameter before erosion is thought to have been about 40–50 km (25–31 mi). Its most recent age estimate is 202.7 ± 2.2 million years ago, placing it in the Rhaetian, close to the Triassic-Jura…
The 46th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 46 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
The Château de Chalus-Chabrol (Occitan Limousin : Chasteu de Chasluç-Chabròl) is a castle in the commune of Châlus in the département of Haute-Vienne, France.
Angoumois (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ɡumwa]) was a county and province of France, nearly corresponding today to the Charente département.
Angoulême Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre d'Angoulême) is a religious building of Angoulême, Charente, France, an example of Romanesque architecture and sculpture in France.
The Château de Montbrun is a castle in the commune of Dournazac in the Haute-Vienne département of France. The castle was built in the 12th and 15th centuries, and was restored in the late 19th.
The Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour (the memorial center of Oradour) has made its mission to commemorate the crimes of the 2nd armored division of the Waffen-SS "Das Reich" in Oradour-sur-Glane, to inform about the crime, and to act as a memorial for…
Château de Rochechouart is a thirteenth-century French castle, located at the top of the confluence of the Grêne and Vayres rivers in the commune of Rochechouart within the département of Haute-Vienne.
Angoulême – Cognac International Airport (French: Aéroport international d'Angoulême - Cognac), also known as Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport (French: Aéroport d'Angoulême - Brie - Champniers), (IATA: ANG, ICAO: LFBU) is an airport located 15 …
Angoulême is a railway station located in Angoulême, Charente, south-western France. The station was opened in 1852 and is located on the Paris–Bordeaux railway, Saintes-Angoulême railway and Limoges-Angoulême railway.
The Château d'Angoulême was a castle in the town of Angoulême, in the Charente département of France.
The Tardoire is a river in southwestern France, left tributary to the river Bonnieure. Its source is in Châlus, in the Haute-Vienne département. It flows into the Bonnieure near Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure.
The Bandiat is a small river that is 91 km long, a left tributary of the Tardoire.
The Château de Montignac is a ruined castle in the commune of Montignac-Charente, in the Charente département of France.
The Château de Marthon is a ruined castle in the commune of Marthon in the Charente département of France.
The canton of Chabanais is a former administrative division in central France.
The Bonnieure is a river in the Charente département, southwestern France, left tributary to the river Charente. Its source is in Genouillac, in the east of the department. It flows into the Charente near Mansle.