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In the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century, the last resident of
Courbefy bought one by one all the houses and lands of the village, after having built a hotel and restaurant in the 1990s. In 2008 he went bankrupt and left the village. In February 2012, a judicial procedure assigned
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located a few hundred meters from the chapel. One of them is still used as evidenced by the numerous offerings of pieces of cloth, children's shoes or diapers. They seem to be dedicated to
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The village of
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his property to a creditor bank, which then put the whole hamlet up for auction. On 21 May 2012, the village was acquired by
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The village occupies a vaguely oval space and is totally surrounded by woods, with the exception of the southern part.
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A small chapel of the seventeenth century lies a few dozen meters from the old dungeon.
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is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north-east and
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Courbefy is a small hamlet located at an altitude of
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