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Sèvres — A commune west of Paris, where the house of Les Jardies stands
A commune west of Paris, on the southern slope of the Saint-Cloud estate. The house of Les Jardies, where Balzac lived from 1837 to 1840, stands on its territory; Gambetta acquired it in 1878 and died there in 1882. (Editorial synthesis)
Sèvres is located in Hauts-de-Seine. (source: INSEE, Code officiel géographique and Base Mérimée)
Recorded person who died in Sèvres: Léon Gambetta.
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