Oradour-sur-Vayres

Oradour-sur-Vayres
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 / 45.73333; 0.86778

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]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Vienne department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ Time magazine World Battlefronts: Murder at Oradour Monday, Jul. 24, 1944