Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glane Orador de Glana (Occitan) | ||
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Commune | ||
Oradour-sur-Glane Town Hall | ||
Coat of arms | ||
Location of Oradour-sur-Glane | ||
(2020–2026) Philippe Lacroix[1] | | |
Area 1 | 38.16 km2 (14.73 sq mi) | |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,500 | |
• Density | 66/km2 (170/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. |
Oradour-sur-Glane (French pronunciation: [ɔʁaduʁ syʁ ɡlan]; Occitan: Orador de Glana) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France, as well as the name of the main village within the commune.
History
The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, when 643 of its inhabitants, including 247 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 in World War II. There were only six survivors of the massacre.
A new village was built after the war on a nearby site, but on the orders of 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 (29 June 1925 – 11 February 2023) was one of the six survivors of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre on 10 June 1944.
- Jean-Claude Peyronnet (born 1940), French politician and creator of the Centre of the Memory of Oradour-sur-Glane.
- Sébastien Puygrenier (born 1982) began his football career at US Oradour-sur-Glane where his father and his uncles had played.
- Didier Barbelivien (born 1954), French singer-songwriter, paid tribute to Oradour in his song "Les amants d'Oradour".
Geography
The municipality borders with Javerdat, Cieux, Peyrilhac, Veyrac, Saint-Victurnien and Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne.
Demographics
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[4] |
Gallery
- Map showing modern and former village
- Ruined village
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See also
- Lidice, Czech village destroyed by Nazi forces in 1942
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Oradour-sur-Glane, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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.
- 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
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