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Oradour-sur-Glane
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Oradour-sur-Glane | ||
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Commune | ||
 The new village of Oradour-sur-Glane | ||
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Location of Oradour-sur-Glane | ||
  Oradour-sur-Glane Show map of France  Oradour-sur-Glane Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ||
| Coordinates: 45°55′58″N 1°01′57″E / 45.9328°N 1.03250°E / 45.9328; 1.03250Coordinates: 45°55′58″N 1°01′57″E / 45.9328°N 1.03250°E / 45.9328; 1.03250 | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart | |
| Canton | Saint-Junien | |
| Intercommunality | Vienne Glane | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2008–2014) | Raymond Frugier | |
| Area 1 | 38.16 km2 (14.73 sq mi) | |
| Population (2007)2 | 2,205 | |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 87110 /87520 | |
| Elevation | 227–312 m (745–1,024 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Oradour-sur-Glane (Occitan: Orador de Glana) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France, and the name of the main village within the commune.
Contents
1 History
2 Personalities linked to the commune
3 Geography
4 Demographics
5 Gallery
6 References
7 Bibliography
8 External links
History
The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a company of troops belonging to the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, a Waffen-SS unit of the military forces of Nazi Germany. A new village was built after the war on a nearby site, but on the orders of the then French president, Charles de Gaulle, the original has been maintained as a permanent memorial. The Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour museum is located beside the historic site.
Personalities linked to the commune
Robert Hébras, born on 29 June 1925 in Oradour-sur-Glane; one of the six survivors of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre on 10 June 1944.
Jean-Claude Peyronnet, (1940–), French politician, creator of the Centre of the Memory of Oradour-sur-Glane.
Sébastien Puygrenier began his football career at US Oradour-sur-Glane where his father and his uncles played
Didier Barbelivien, French singer-songwriter, pays tribute to Oradour by his song "Les amants d'Oradour".
Geography
The municipality borders with Javerdat, Cieux, Peyrilhac, Veyrac, Saint-Victurnien and Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne.
Demographics
| 1806 | 1820 | 1876 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 |
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| 1,222 | 1,585 | 1,903 | 1,966 | 2,019 | 1,789 | 1,574 | 1,145 | 1,450 |
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2008 | 2012 |
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| 1,540 | 1,671 | 1,759 | 1,941 | 1,998 | 2,024 | 2,118 | 2,222 | 2,375 |
Gallery
Map showing modern and former village
Ruined village
References
^ Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. "Population of Oradour-sur-Glane from 1806 to 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
Bibliography
- Farmer, Sarah. Martyred Village: Commemorating the 1944 Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane. University of California Press, 2000.
- Fouché, Jean-Jacques. Massacre At Oradour: France, 1944; Coming To Grips With Terror, Northern Illinois University Press, 2004.
- INSEE
- Penaud, Guy. La "Das Reich" 2e SS Panzer Division (Parcours de la division en France, 560 pp), Éditions de La Lauze/Périgueux.
ISBN 2-912032-76-8
External links
Media related to Oradour-sur-Glane at Wikimedia Commons
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