Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac

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]

Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Part of Fursac
The church in Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Location of Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
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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.

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.	±%
1962	980	—
1968	1,019	+4.0%
1975	872	−14.4%
1982	887	+1.7%
1990	805	−9.2%
1999	787	−2.2%
2008	813	+3.3%

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department