Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
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| local community | Fursac | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Creuse | |
| Arrondissement | Guéret | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 9 ' N , 1 ° 31' E | |
| Post Code | 23290 | |
| Former INSEE code | 23231 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
.jpg) joint Mairie with Saint-Étienne-de-Fursac |
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Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community Fursac with 744 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Creuse in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
The municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac merged with Saint-Étienne-de-Fursac to form the new municipality of Fursac on January 1, 2017 and has been a commune déléguée ever since . It belonged to the arrondissement of Guéret and the canton of Le Grand-Bourg .
The municipality bordered La Souterraine to the north, Saint-Priest-la-Feuille to the northeast, Saint-Étienne-de-Fursac to the southeast, Folles to the southwest, Fromental to the west and Saint-Maurice-la- Basement . The village is 340 meters above sea level and is affected by the Gartempe . The residents call themselves Fursacois .
The OSE refugee children's home
In the Château de Chabannes in the Chabannes district there was a children's home run by the Jewish aid organization Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE) between November 1939 and January 1944 , in which 284 children found refuge. The home was run by the journalist and musician Félix Chevrier , who was later honored as Righteous Among the Nations . After the home was closed, the children were looked after by the secret network set up by Georges Garel , the aim of which was to provide children with false papers so that they could either hide them in France or smuggle them abroad. The Château de Chabannes was used by the French resistance after the children moved out.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2014 |
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| Residents | 1058 | 1019 | 872 | 817 | 805 | 787 | 813 | 756 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the article in the English WIKIPEDIA: en: Château de Chabannes
- ↑ See the article in the French WIKIPEDIA: fr: Félix Chevrier
- ^ Children's Homes in France During the Holocaust: Château de Chabannes
- ↑ On him see the article in the French WIKIPEDIA: fr: Georges Garel