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Chissey-en-Morvan
Chissey-en-Morvan (lit. "Chissey-in-Morvan"), commonly referred to simply as Chissey, is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France. Bordering both Nièvre and Côte-d'Or, it is part of Morvan Regional Natural Park.
History
The Buis hoard of 7th-century gold coins was found in Chissey-en-Morvan in 1855. On 26 June 1944, amid World War II, German occupying forces motivelessly executed three local teenagers in Vauchezeuil, northeast of the village of Chissey-en-Morvan, who happened to be passing through.
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