Beaune-la-Rolande (French pronunciation: [bon la ʁɔlɑ̃d]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Beaune-la-Rolande
Church of Saint Martin
Church of Saint Martin
Flag of Beaune-la-Rolande
Coat of arms of Beaune-la-Rolande
Location of Beaune-la-Rolande
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Beaune-la-Rolande is located in France
Beaune-la-Rolande
Beaune-la-Rolande
Beaune-la-Rolande is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Beaune-la-Rolande
Beaune-la-Rolande
Coordinates: 48°04′14″N 2°25′48″E / 48.0706°N 2.43°E / 48.0706; 2.43
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoiret
ArrondissementPithiviers
CantonLe Malesherbois
IntercommunalityPithiverais-Gâtinais
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Michel Masson[1]
Area
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20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,998
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
45030 /45340
Elevation91–119 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.

History

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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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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,028—    
1821 2,169+0.24%
1846 2,174+0.01%
1872 1,818−0.69%
1901 1,860+0.08%
1926 1,695−0.37%
1946 1,765+0.20%
1962 1,758−0.02%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,792+0.32%
1975 1,929+1.06%
1982 1,928−0.01%
1990 1,877−0.33%
1999 2,102+1.27%
2007 2,062−0.24%
2012 1,988−0.73%
2017 2,008+0.20%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]
 
Belltower of Saint-Martin church

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Paris for Dummies. Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2007. pp. 220. ISBN 978-0-470-08584-4.
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Beaune-la-Rolande, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE