- Oradour-sur-Vayres
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Oradour-sur-Vayres
Administration Country France Region Limousin Department Haute-Vienne Arrondissement Rochechouart Canton Oradour-sur-Vayres Intercommunality Bandiat Tardoire Avenir Mayor Guy Ratinaud
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 246–370 m (807–1,210 ft) Land area1 39.09 km2 (15.09 sq mi) Population2 1,558 (2006) - Density 40 /km2 (100 /sq mi) 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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Coordinates: 45°44′00″N 0°52′04″E / 45.73333°N 0.86778°E
Oradour-sur-Vayres (Occitan: Orador (de Vairas)) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France.
The massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane was supposed to take place there as some Germans had been killed by the Maquis there.[1]
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Categories:- Communes of Haute-Vienne
- Haute-Vienne geography stubs
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