Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac

Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ 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.[2]

Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Part of Fursac
The church in Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
The church in Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Location of Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
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Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac is located in France
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Coordinates: 46°08′56″N 1°30′47″E / 46.1489°N 1.5131°E / 46.1489; 1.5131
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonLe Grand-Bourg
CommuneFursac
Area
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27.33 km2 (10.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
748
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
23290
Elevation315–431 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.

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.

Geography

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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

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962980—    
19681,019+4.0%
1975872−14.4%
1982887+1.7%
1990805−9.2%
1999787−2.2%
2008813+3.3%

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