Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glane (French pronunciation: [ɔʁaduʁ syʁ ɡlan]; Occitan: Orador de Glana) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, New Aquitaine, west central France, as well as the name of the main village within the commune.
Oradour-sur-Glane
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 Oradour-sur-Glane Town Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Oradour-sur-Glane | |
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| Coordinates: 45°55′58″N 1°01′57″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart |
| Canton | Saint-Junien |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Lacroix[1] |
| Area 1 | 38.16 km2 (14.73 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,478 |
| • Density | 65/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. | |
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. 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, 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 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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Gallery
Map showing modern and former village
Ruined village
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 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- 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
