Global InformationCourbefy information
Courbefy | |
|---|---|
Hamlet | |
 The Chapel of Courbefy | |
| Coordinates: 45°35′40″N 1°03′08″E / 45.5945°N 1.0521°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Commune | Bussière-Galant |
| Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Postal Code | 87230 |
Courbefy is a hamlet in the Bussière-Galant commune in the Haute-Vienne department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
On an auction on 21 May 2012, the abandoned village was bought by Yoo Byung-eun for €520,000 (US$663,000).[1][2][3][4][5] Yoo had seen it on CNN,[6] and wanted to set up an "environmental, artistic and cultural" project in the village.[7][8][9]
- ^ "Courbefy : le village fantôme vendu à un artiste" (in French). Sudouest.fr. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ "Le hameau de Courbefy (Haute-Vienne) adjugé 520.000 euros à l'artiste Ahae". Le Parisien (in French). AFP. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ "Courbefy: un hameau abandonné vendu 520 000 euros à un artiste sud-coréen, Ahae". L'EXPRESS (in French). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ La Montagne. "A la Une — LIMOGES (87000) - Des Américains achètent Courbefy" (in French). lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ Bouchez, Yann. "Le hameau de Courbefy vendu aux enchères pour 520 000 euros". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ de Mallevoüe, Delphine (23 July 2012). "Un projet "grandiose" pour le hameau vendu aux enchères". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ Meltzer, Steve (23 May 2012). "American Landscape Photographer Buys An Entire French Village...Cheap". Imaging-resource.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- ^ Morin, Violaine (19 June 2014). "Yoo Byung-eun dit Ahae, un bien encombrant mécène". Le Figaro (in French). Lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-sik (16 June 2014). "Yoo affects French town's fate". Korea Times. Koreatimes.co.kr. Retrieved 20 June 2014.