Saint-Privat-du-Fau
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.
Notable people
- Augustin Trébuchon (30 May 1878 – 11 November 1918) was the last French soldier killed during the First World War. He was a shepherd in Saint-Privat-du-Fau when he was mobilised in 1914.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ 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.
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