Oradour-sur-Vayres
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Oradour-sur-Vayres Orador de Vairas |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Haute-Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart | |
| Canton | Rochechouart | |
| Community association | Ouest Limousin | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 44 ' N , 0 ° 52' E | |
| height | 246-370 m | |
| surface | 39.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,500 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 38 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 87150 | |
| INSEE code | 87111 | |
| Website | http://www.oradour-sur-vayres.fr | |
Oradour-sur-Vayres ( Occitan : Orador de Vairas ) is a French municipality with 1,500 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the department of Haute-Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the arrondissement Rochechouart and the canton Rochechouart (until 2015: canton Oradour-sur-Vayres ). The inhabitants are called oratorios .
geography
Oradour-sur-Vayres is located about 29 kilometers west-southwest of Limoges in the Périgord-Limousin Regional Nature Park . The Grêne rises in the middle of the municipality . Oradour-sur-Vayres is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Saint-Auvent in the north and north-east, Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre in the east, Champagnac-la-Rivière in the south-east, Cussac in the south, Saint-Bazile in the west and south-west and Vayres in the West and northwest.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 2,302 | 2,086 | 1,947 | 1,841 | 1,811 | 1,636 | 1,530 | 1,540 |
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Attractions
- Dolmen La Tamanie, Monument historique since 1971
- two tumuli
- 19th century Saint-Christophe church with the bell tower of the old 11th century church
- Puychevalier Castle from the 17th century
Personalities
- Gilles Savary (* 1954), politician (PS), MEP (1999-2004)
