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Saint-Privat-du-Fau

Coordinates: 44°55′04″N 3°20′27″E / 44.9178°N 3.3408°E / 44.9178; 3.3408
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Saint-Privat-du-Fau
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Saint-Privat-du-Fau is located in France
Saint-Privat-du-Fau
Saint-Privat-du-Fau
Saint-Privat-du-Fau is located in Occitanie
Saint-Privat-du-Fau
Saint-Privat-du-Fau
Coordinates: 44°55′04″N 3°20′27″E / 44.9178°N 3.3408°E / 44.9178; 3.3408
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentLozère
ArrondissementMende
CantonSaint-Alban-sur-Limagnole
IntercommunalityTerres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Claude Laurent[1]
Area
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22.16 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
111
 • Density5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
48179 /48140
Elevation879–1,417 m (2,884–4,649 ft)
(avg. 1,100 m or 3,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Privat-du-Fau (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pʁiva dy fo]; Occitan: Sent Privat del Fau) is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.[3]

Notable people

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  • Augustin Trébuchon (30 May 1878 – 11 November 1918) was the last French soldier killed during the First World War.[4] He was a shepherd in Saint-Privat-du-Fau when he was mobilised in 1914.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ John Hayes-Fisher (29 October 2008). "The last soldiers to die in World War I". BBC Magazine. Retrieved 24 March 2020. 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.