Beaune-la-Rolande (French pronunciation: [bon la ʁɔlɑ̃d]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
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Commune | |
Church of Saint Martin | |
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Coordinates: 48°04′14″N 2°25′48″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Loiret |
Arrondissement | Pithiviers |
Canton | Le Malesherbois |
Intercommunality | Pithiverais-Gâtinais |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Masson[1] |
Area 1 | 20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi) |
Population | 2,021 |
• Density | 98/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 45030 /45340 |
Elevation | 91–119 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. |
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.
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