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Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac |
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Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Limousin |
| Department | Creuse |
| Arrondissement | Guéret |
| Canton | Le Grand-Bourg |
| Intercommunality | Bénévent-Grand-Bourg |
| Mayor | Thierry Dufour (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 315–431 m (1,033–1,414 ft) (avg. 340 m/1,120 ft) |
| Land area1 | 27.33 km2 (10.55 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 813 (2008) |
| - Density | 30 /km2 (78 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 23231/ 23290 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.
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 efforts of its director, Félix Chevrier and other teachers.
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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.
| Historical populations | ||
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| 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% |