Oradour-sur-Vayres

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Coordinates: 45°43′00″N 0°52′04″E / 45.73333, 0.86778

Commune of Oradour-sur-Vayres

Location
Oradour-sur-Vayres (France)
Oradour-sur-Vayres
Administration
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement Rochechouart
Canton Oradour-sur-Vayres
(chief town)
Intercommunality CC Bandiat Tardoire Avenir
Mayor Guy Ratinaud
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 246–370 m
Land area¹ 39.09 km²
Population²
(1999)
1,636
 - Density 42/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 87111/ 87150
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Oradour-sur-Vayres (Occitan: Orador (de Vairas)) is a small town and commune in the Haute-Vienne département of central-western France.

[edit] Demographics

At the 1999 census, the population was 1,636. On 1 January 2006, the estimate was 1,530.

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