Journet

For the French operatic singer, see Marcel Journet.
Journet

The church in Journet
Journet

Coordinates: 46°27′52″N 0°58′07″E / 46.4644°N 0.9686°E / 46.4644; 0.9686Coordinates: 46°27′52″N 0°58′07″E / 46.4644°N 0.9686°E / 46.4644; 0.9686
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Vienne
Arrondissement Montmorillon
Canton Trimouille
Intercommunality Montmorillonnais
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Gérard Neuvy
Area1 58.51 km2 (22.59 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 383
 • Density 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 86118 / 86290
Elevation 97–153 m (318–502 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.

Journet is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

Geography

The Salleron flows north-northwestward through the eastern part of the commune.

History

After the retreat of the Germans from France in World War II, it was revealed that the French Academy of Sciences had a secret repository of scientific materials, including 100 boxes of records of the French chemist, Lavoisier, and sixty cases of rare mineral specimens. They had been held in the Chateau du Ry at Journet, near Vienne, where the Gestapo and the ERR weren’t able to find them.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rorimer, James J. 1950. Survival: The Salvage and Restoration of Art in War. New York: Abelard Press. Pages 66-67.
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