Chissey-en-Morvan (; "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. "En 1944 à Vauchezeuil, trois adolescents tombaient sous les balles nazies", www.lejsl.com, 30 June 2020. "(L'été 1944) Trois adolescents sauvagement assassinés et laissés dans un champ", www.lejdc.fr, 26 June 2014.
See also Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department Morvan Regional Natural Park
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