Beaune-la-Rolande

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Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Beaune-la-Rolande

(2023–2026) Michel Masson^[1]Area

20.55 km² (7.93 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,998 • Density97/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

45030 /45340

Elevation91–119 m (299–390 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaune-la-Rolande (French pronunciation: [bon la ʁɔlɑ̃d]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

History

On 28 November 1870 it was the site of a battle during the Franco-Prussian War, in which French impressionist painter Frédéric Bazille was killed.

During World War II, it was the site of the Nazi Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp, a transit and deportation center for Jews closely associated with the Pithiviers internment camp. Eighteen thousand Jews were held at Beaune-la-Rolande; most of them were transported to Auschwitz where they were murdered.^[3]

Polish artist Zber was imprisoned there from 1941 to 1942,^[4] and the composer Ralph Erwin died there.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,028	—
1821	2,169	+0.24%
1846	2,174	+0.01%
1872	1,818	−0.69%
1901	1,860	+0.08%
1926	1,695	−0.37%
1946	1,765	+0.20%
1962	1,758	−0.02%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,792	+0.32%
1975	1,929	+1.06%
1982	1,928	−0.01%
1990	1,877	−0.33%
1999	2,102	+1.27%
2007	2,062	−0.24%
2012	1,988	−0.73%
2017	2,008	+0.20%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Megargee, G.P.; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933-1945. Indiana University Press.
^ Paris for Dummies. Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2007. pp. 220. ISBN 978-0-470-08584-4.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Beaune-la-Rolande, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE