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Coordinates: 45°39′21″N 0°58′53″E / 45.65583°N 0.98139°E / 45.65583; 0.98139

Administration
Commune of Châlus

Location
Châlus
Country	France
Region	Limousin
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Limoges
Canton	Châlus
Intercommunality	Monts de Châlus
Mayor	Alain Brezaudy (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	310–444 m (1,000–1,500 ft)
Land area¹	27.98 km² (10.80 sq mi)
Population²	1,731 (2006)
- Density	62 /km² (160 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	87032/ 87230
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Châlus (Occitan: Chasluç) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in western France.

1 History
2 Sights
3 Personalities
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

History

11th century: building of Châlus Chabrol.

Richard I of England lethally hurt in Châlus (right)

Châlus' claim to fame is that Richard I of England was killed here by a crossbow bolt, shot by one Pierre Basile while besieging the castle in 1199.

1275-1280: Géraud de Maumont makes build, in front of Châlus Chabrol, a second castle: Châlus Maulmont. This last one undergoes numerous damages especially in the French Revolution, and is dismantled in 1790, then used as prison. The tower of Châlus Maulmont collapsed on March 20, 1994^[1].

1745 : the first map, in the 1/8628th, of Châlus is established to appear in the atlas of Trudaine for the majority of Limoges, with the portion of road at the level of La-Ribière going to Châlus of the Big road from Limoges to Périgueux ^[2] and with the portion of road reaching the majority of Périgord ^[3].

Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935) celebrated his 20th birthday in the former Grand Hôtel du Midi, Place de la Fountain, on August 16, 1908, whilst tracing the route of Richard I of England, on his cycling tour of France in preparation of his thesis on The Influence of the crusades on the European military architecture at the end of the XIIth century, before gaining the mythical nickname of Lawrence of Arabia.

Sights

Châlus has a castle named Château de Châlus-Chabrol and a ruined castle named Château de Châlus-Maulmont.

Richard's bowels are still preserved in the chapel, and there is a medieval garden. Other attractions of the village include a museum dedicated to the chestnut.

The biggest Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron Giganteum) of Europe, a circumference of 13,3 m, is in a private garden^[4].

Inhabitants are known as Chalusiens.

Personalities

Aymery of Châlus (died October 31, 1349 in Avignon), canon of the chapter of Limoges Cathedral in 1314, archbishop of Ravenna in 1322, then bishop of Chartres in 1332, cardinal in 1342, named legate in Lombardy in 1342, then in Romagne, Corsica, Sardinia, then in Sicily where he steered 2-year-old in the name of the pope, was born in Châlus.
Pierre de Châlus (died in February, 1352), abbot of Cluny.
Robert de Châlus is killed in the battle of Poitiers, on September 19, 1356.
Louis I of Bourbon count of Busset, baron of Busset, Châlus, Vésignieux, Saint-Martin-du-Puy, been born on October 18, 1648, is killed in the siége of Fribourg on November 10, 1677.
Gaspard-Louis de Bourbon, count of Châlus, been born on May 16, 1745, died in Bets December 8, 1751 is interred in the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris.
Pierre Desproges
The writer poet Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, author of the Black bread and whose several works make reference to Châlus (Terres de mémoires, Quadrille sur la tour, l'enfant double..).