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SAINT-PIERRE-DE-FURSAC Latitude and Longitude:

46°08′56″N 1°30′47″E / 46.1489°N 1.5131°E / 46.1489; 1.5131
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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
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
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Arrondissement Guéret
Canton Le Grand-Bourg
Commune Fursac
Area
1
27.33 km2 (10.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [1]
748
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+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.

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]

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

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

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

See also

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