Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
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Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ də 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]
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Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac | |
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Part of Fursac | |
Coordinates: 46°08′56″N 1°30′47″E | |
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 |
• Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 23290 |
Elevation | 315–431 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. |
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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.