Oradour-sur-Glane

Oradour-sur-Glane (Occitan: Orador de Glana) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France, as well as the name of the main village within the commune.

Oradour-sur-Glane

Orador de Glana  (Occitan)
Commune
Oradour-sur-Glane Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glane
Coordinates: 45°55′58″N 1°01′57″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentHaute-Vienne
ArrondissementRochechouart
CantonSaint-Junien
IntercommunalityVienne Glane
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Philippe Lacroix
Area
1
38.16 km2 (14.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,473
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
87110 /87520
Elevation227–312 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
Main article: Oradour-sur-Glane massacre

The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and 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. A new village was built after the war on a nearby site, but on the orders of the then French 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 by his song "Les amants d'Oradour".

Geography

The municipality borders with Javerdat, Cieux, Peyrilhac, Veyrac, Saint-Victurnien and Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne.

Demographics
Population over time[2]
180618201876190119111921193619461954
1,2221,5851,9031,9662,0191,7891,5741,1451,450
196219681975198219901999200620082012
1,5401,6711,7591,9411,9982,0242,1182,2222,375


  • Map showing modern and former village
  • Ruined village

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. "Population of Oradour-sur-Glane from 1806 to 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2011.

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.
  • INSEE
  • 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

See also
  • Quneitra, Syrian city destroyed by Israeli forces and left as an open-air museum
  • Lidice, Czech Rupublic village destroyed by Nazi forces in 1942

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