Gaspard de Chabrol

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Comte Gilbert Joseph Gaspard de Chabrol de Volvic (1773, Riom – 1843) was a French official. Graduating from an École Polytechnique in 1794, he was named prefect of the Seine (and thus Prefect of Paris) by Napoleon in 1812, an office he held until 1833. He is to be credited with paving several of Paris's streets and boulevards, the creation of pavements (edged with volcanic stone from Volvic, boosting that town whose name he bore), and the gradual conversion of city lighting to gaslight. He also created and financed the école d'architecture et de sculpture de Volvic (now the École Départementale d'Architecture de Volvic).

Between 1820 and 1821 he created two adult education courses in Paris (precursor of today's 'Éducation populaire'), directed by Monsieur Delahaye.

He gave his name to the rue de Chabrol (fr), opened in 1822 between rue La Fayette (fr) and boulevard de Magenta, and to the cité de Chabrol (fr) which links cour de la Ferme-Saint-Lazare (fr) to rue de Chabrol.

He is credited with originating the phrase "Hundred Days" - les cent jours.

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Name	Chabrol
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Date of birth	1773
Place of birth	Riom
Date of death	1843
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