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Montfavet

Coordinates: 43°56′8″N 4°52′25″E / 43.93556°N 4.87361°E / 43.93556; 4.87361
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Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos (14th century)

Montfavet is a district of the city of Avignon in the Vaucluse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

In southern France, the district is well known for the psychiatric hospital, "Centre Hospitalier Montfavet Avignon" located Montdevergues. Sculptor Camille Claudel was a patient in this hospital for thirty years. Georges-Ernest Roux (1903-1981), a postman who lived in Avignon, founded the Universal Christian Church (now named Universal Alliance), claimed to be Jesus, and was famous under the name "Christ of Montfavet".

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