Beaune-la-Rolande
Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Beaune-la-Rolande (French pronunciation: [bon la ʁɔlɑ̃d]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
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 Church of Saint Martin | |
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 Location of Beaune-la-Rolande | |
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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 (2023–2026) | Michel Masson[1] |
Area 1 | 20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,992 |
| • Density | 96.93/km2 (251.1/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. | |
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]
The Polish artist Zber was imprisoned there from 1941 to 1942,[4] and the composer Ralph Erwin died there.
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