Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac

Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
The church in Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac
Coordinates: 46°08′56″N 1°30′47″E / 46.1489°N 1.5131°E / 46.1489; 1.5131Coordinates: 46°08′56″N 1°30′47″E / 46.1489°N 1.5131°E / 46.1489; 1.5131
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Le Grand-Bourg
Area1	27.33 km2 (10.55 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	813
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	23231 /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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Pierre-de-Fursac is a former commune in the Creuse department in central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Fursac.^[1]

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

See also

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

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