Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glane
Orador de Glana (Occitan) | |
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Oradour-sur-Glane Town Hall | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Oradour-sur-Glane | |
Oradour-sur-Glane Oradour-sur-Glane | |
| Coordinates: 45°55′58″N 1°01′57″E / 45.9328°N 1.03250°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart |
| Canton | Saint-Junien |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Lacroix |
Area 1 | 38.16 km2 (14.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 2,550 |
| • Density | 66.8/km2 (173/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87110 /87520 |
| Elevation | 227–312 m (745–1,024 ft) (avg. 285 m or 935 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Oradour-sur-Glane (French pronunciation: [ɔʁaduʁ syʁ ɡlan]; Occitan: Orador de Glana) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France, as well as the name of the main village within the commune.
The original village of Oradour-sur-Glane is widely known for having been destroyed and its inhabitants massacred by Nazi Germany in World War II—and subsequently left in its destroyed state as a memorial.