Oradour-sur-Glane
# Oradour-sur-Glane

Oradour-sur-Glane (French pronunciation: ​; Occitan: Orador de Glana) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, New Aquitaine, west central France, as well as the name of the main village within the commune.

## History

The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, when 643 of its inhabitants, including 247 children, were massacred by a company of troops belonging to the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, a Waffen-SS unit of the military forces of Nazi Germany in World War II. A new village was built after the war on a nearby site, but on the orders of president Charles de Gaulle, the original has been maintained as a permanent memorial. The Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour museum is located beside the historic site.

## Personalities linked to the commune

* Robert Hébras, born on 29 June 1925 in Oradour-sur-Glane; one of the six survivors of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre on 10 June 1944.
* Jean-Claude Peyronnet, (1940–), French politician, creator of the Centre of the Memory of Oradour-sur-Glane.
* Sébastien Puygrenier began his football career at US Oradour-sur-Glane where his father and his uncles played.
* Didier Barbelivien, French singer-songwriter, pays tribute to Oradour in his song "Les amants d'Oradour".

## Geography

The municipality borders with Javerdat, Cieux, Peyrilhac, Veyrac, Saint-Victurnien and Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne.

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| - | - | - |
| 1793 | 1,303 | — |
| 1800 | 1,191 | −1.28% |
| 1806 | 1,222 | +0.43% |
| 1821 | 1,585 | +1.75% |
| 1831 | 1,722 | +0.83% |
| 1836 | 1,740 | +0.21% |
| 1841 | 1,824 | +0.95% |
| 1846 | 1,989 | +1.75% |
| 1851 | 1,919 | −0.71% |
| 1856 | 1,952 | +0.34% |
| 1861 | 1,848 | −1.09% |
| 1866 | 1,874 | +0.28% |
| 1872 | 1,830 | −0.40% |
| 1876 | 1,903 | +0.98% |
| 1881 | 1,946 | +0.45% |
| 1886 | 1,940 | −0.06% |
| 1891 | 2,045 | +1.06% |
| 1896 | 2,030 | −0.15% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 1,966 | −0.64% |
| 1906 | 1,972 | +0.06% |
| 1911 | 2,019 | +0.47% |
| 1921 | 1,789 | −1.20% |
| 1926 | 1,718 | −0.81% |
| 1931 | 1,601 | −1.40% |
| 1936 | 1,574 | −0.34% |
| 1946 | 1,145 | −3.13% |
| 1954 | 1,450 | +3.00% |
| 1962 | 1,540 | +0.76% |
| 1968 | 1,671 | +1.37% |
| 1975 | 1,759 | +0.74% |
| 1982 | 1,941 | +1.42% |
| 1990 | 1,998 | +0.36% |
| 1999 | 2,025 | +0.15% |
| 2007 | 2,205 | +1.07% |
| 2012 | 2,375 | +1.50% |
| 2017 | 2,473 | +0.81% |

Source: EHESS and INSEE :

## Gallery

* Map showing modern and former village
* Ruined village
