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Pithiviers |
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Pithiviers
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Loiret |
| Arrondissement | Pithiviers |
| Canton | Pithiviers |
| Mayor | Philippe Pintaux (2001–2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 97–130 m (318–430 ft) (avg. 120 m/390 ft) |
| Land area1 | 6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 9,242 (1999) |
| - Density | 1,332 /km2 (3,450 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45252/ 45300 |
| 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. | |
Pithiviers is a commune (municipality) in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is twinned with Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, England.
Pithiviers is the location of an infamous Second World War Nazi transit camp. Children were separated there from their parents; the adults were processed and deported to concentration camps farther away, usually Auschwitz. This was the fate of the novelist Irène Némirovsky.