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Sébastien Jean Marie SONNERY is selected as the Mayor of Chamelet by the Préfet

The Resignation of Mayor MARIZY is accepted.

24/6/1943 - The Mayor of Chamelet resigns
Source - Document Archives départementales du Rhône et de la métropole de Lyon 3353 W2

Mr. SONNERY is selected as Mayor of Chamelet by the Préfet Délégué of Rhône.

Under the authority of of the Vichy Law of 13th Nov 1941.

Here is the answer for those of you who are wondering how it happened that Monsieur Sébastien Jean Marie SONNERY became the mayor of Chamelet.

Monsieur SONNERY was never Mayor THOLIN’s deputy. No, that honour had gone to Adjoint MARIZY, who then resigned as mayor after only 57 days, citing reasons of ill health.
Under the law of Vichy France, the Prefect Delegate made the final decision that the mayor of Chamelet would be Monsieur Sébastien Jean Marie SONNERY.

The Deputy Prefect at that time was Jean-Baptiste Victor DISSARD, who, after just over a year in the post, was suspended from his duties in September 1944.

SOURCES and Links

et Société lyonnaise d’histoire de la Police avril 2012 – janvier 2013
Photos additionnelles :
C. Marizy – Charles Brechard
J. DISSARD – Archives Départementales de la Sarthe
J M Sonnery – https://www.maquis-azergues.com/ – Original source not known

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