Clochemerle
proper noun
from 'cloche' (bell) and 'merle' (blackbird), a bird name reminiscent of places like Perpète-lès-Oies or Trifouilly-les-Oies, the word is the invention of the writer Gabriel Chevallier. Published in 1934, the eponymous novel vividly describes the life of this imaginary village in Beaujolais and its inhabitants, the Clochemerlins.