Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac | |
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The church in Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
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Country | France |
Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
Department | Creuse |
Arrondissement | Guéret |
Canton | Le Grand-Bourg |
Area1 | 27.33 km2 (10.55 sq mi) |
Population (2018)2 | 748 |
• Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 23231 / 23290 |
Elevation | 315–431 m (1,033–1,414 ft) (avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ də fyʁsak]; Limousin: Furçac (Sent Peir)) is a former commune in the Creuse department in central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Fursac.[1]
The Château de Chabannes was an orphanage in the village of Chabannes (part of today's Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac) in Vichy France where about 400 Jewish refugee children were saved from the Holocaust by the efforts of its director, Félix Chevrier and other teachers.
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Geography
The river Semme forms part of the commune's northeastern border, flows west through the commune, then forms part of the commune's northwestern border.
Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 980 | — |
1968 | 1,019 | +4.0% |
1975 | 872 | −14.4% |
1982 | 887 | +1.7% |
1990 | 805 | −9.2% |
1999 | 787 | −2.2% |
2008 | 813 | +3.3% |
See also
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