Beaune-la-Rolande
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Location of Beaune-la-Rolande | |
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| Coordinates: 48°04′14″N 2°25′48″E / 48.0706°N 2.43°E / 48.0706; 2.43 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Loiret |
| Arrondissement | Pithiviers |
| Canton | Le Malesherbois |
| Intercommunality | Pithiverais-Gâtinais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Michel Masson[1] |
| Area 1 | 20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,998 |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45030 /45340 |
| Elevation | 91–119 m (299–390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Beaune-la-Rolande (French pronunciation: [bon la ʁɔlɑ̃d]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
History
On 28 November 1870 it was the site of a battle during the Franco-Prussian War, in which French impressionist painter Frédéric Bazille was killed.
During World War II, it was the site of the Nazi Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp, a transit and deportation center for Jews closely associated with the Pithiviers internment camp. Eighteen thousand Jews were held at Beaune-la-Rolande; most of them were transported to Auschwitz where they were murdered.[3]
Polish artist Zber was imprisoned there from 1941 to 1942,[4] and the composer Ralph Erwin died there.
Population
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See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Megargee, G.P.; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933-1945. Indiana University Press.
- ^ Paris for Dummies. Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2007. pp. 220. ISBN 978-0-470-08584-4.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Beaune-la-Rolande, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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