Fréchou

Fréchou (French pronunciation: [fʁeʃu]; Occitan: Lo Hrèisho) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. The town is known for being the site of the pseudo-apparitions that led to the founding of the dissident Traditionalist Catholic schismatic sectarian group Fraternité Notre-Dame.^[3]

Fréchou
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Fréchou
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Coordinates: 44°05′09″N 0°19′18″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Nérac
Canton	L'Albret
Intercommunality	Albret Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	André Apparitio[1]
Area 1	11.97 km2 (4.62 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	223
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	47103 /47600
Elevation	52–142 m (171–466 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department