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Name - Chalus-Maulmont Location - Chalus Department - Haute-Vienne 87
State - Chateau Ruin Chalus, known to be the place where the king of England, Richard the Lion-heart was mortally wounded in 1199, located in the Limousin. Its position in the mounts of Chalus, with the natural crossroads of old roads, results in the influences of the Limousin, Perigord and Charente limousine in the hydrography, architectural climate, relief or styles. This character of border directed a development based on the exchanges, with relation with the Middle Ages, and a history agitated by the seat of its castles. Marked by the agricultural activity and the exploitation of the chestnut,  Its economy saw the industry develop with the railroad, with the increase of the population in the last quarter of the XXth century. Demographic stabilization related to the installation of populations rurbaines or 'British attracted by quality of life', with the recent creation of the regional natural park (parc naturel regional Perigord Limousin), a revival. Centered around tourism and sustainable development, this revival integrates the traditional assets of the territory, such as the forest and wood, but also of the medical-social work departments, gerontology, educational and sporting developement. The fame of Chalus is also due to the personalities whose memory is attached there, of Richard the Lion-heart or Pierre Desproges en passing Georges-Emmanuel Clancier or Lawrence of Arabia    |
