What is the setting of Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo?

The novel is set in a tiny French village a short walk from the border with Spain. The village is a quiet place where the same families have lived for many generations. The people of this village spend their days caring for their sheep and their families, a place that is so small everyone knows everyone else. In this village there is one church, one store, and a small school. It is an intimate village that is pushed into chaos when the Germans invade.