Pithiviers
Pithiviers | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
The Place du Martroi, in Pithiviers | |
Coat of arms | |
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Pithiviers | |
Coordinates: 48°10′21″N 2°15′09″E / 48.1725°N 2.2525°ECoordinates: 48°10′21″N 2°15′09″E / 48.1725°N 2.2525°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Loiret |
Arrondissement | Pithiviers |
Canton | Pithiviers |
Intercommunality | Pithiverais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Nolland[1] |
Area 1 | 6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 8,935 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 45252 /45300 |
Elevation | 97–130 m (318–427 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Pithiviers (French pronunciation: [pitivje] (listen)) is a commune (municipality) in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is twinned with Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, England and Burglengenfeld in Bavaria, Germany.
Its attractions include a cinema, a theatre and a preserved steam railway.[3]
During World War II, Pithiviers was the location of the infamous Pithiviers internment camp.
The pithivier, a kind of pie, is said to originate here.
Personalities[]
- Helvise of Pithiviers (965/970-1025), related to the Counts of Blois family, she built the castle of Pithivers.
- Michel Odent - French obstetrician, surgeon & childbirth specialist. World renowned for his work at Pithiviers Hospital & Midwifery (1962-1985) as well as his many publications supporting natural birth. Birth Reborn-1984
- Steve Marlet - footballer with CM Aubervilliers. He was born here in 1974.
- Marie Ndiaye - novelist and playwright who was born here in 1967.
- Siméon Poisson - mathematician born here in 1781 and died in 1840.
- Louis Lebègue Duportail - French military leader during the American Revolutionary War, born here in 1743.
- Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis (also called Gregory Makar and Grégoire de Nicopolis) brought gingerbread to Europe from Pithiviers in the 10th century.[4]
See also[]
- Communes of the Loiret department
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Pithiviers official website (French)". Town of Pithiviers.
- ^ Liana Aghajanian (2014-12-23). "How an Armenian Monk Brought Gingerbread to the West". Retrieved 2017-03-30.
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Categories:
- Communes of Loiret
- Subprefectures in France
- Orléanais
- Loiret geography stubs