Beaune-la-Rolande

Beaune-la-Rolande is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Beaune-la-Rolande
Commune
Church of Saint Martin
Coat of arms
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	Malesherbes
Intercommunality	Beaunois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Renucci
Area ^1	20.55 km^2 (7.93 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,008
• Density	98/km^2 (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 km^2 (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 for Jews. Polish artist Zber was imprisoned there from 1941 to 1942, [2] and the composer Ralph Erwin died there.

Different view of Saint-Martin church

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,028	—
1800	2,057	+1.4%
1806	2,062	+0.2%
1821	2,169	+5.2%
1831	2,119	−2.3%
1836	2,128	+0.4%
1841	2,122	−0.3%
1846	2,174	+2.5%
1851	2,131	−2.0%
1856	2,055	−3.6%
1861	1,987	−3.3%
1866	1,962	−1.3%
1872	1,818	−7.3%
1876	1,967	+8.2%
1881	1,874	−4.7%
1886	1,845	−1.5%
1891	1,792	−2.9%
1896	1,753	−2.2%
1901	1,860	+6.1%
1906	1,776	−4.5%
1911	1,762	−0.8%
1921	1,620	−8.1%
1926	1,695	+4.6%
1931	1,703	+0.5%
1936	1,746	+2.5%
1946	1,765	+1.1%
1954	1,721	−2.5%
1962	1,758	+2.1%
1968	1,792	+1.9%
1975	1,929	+7.6%
1982	1,928	−0.1%
1990	1,877	−2.6%
1999	2,097	+11.7%
2006	2,073	−1.1%
2009	2,039	−1.6%

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Paris for Dummies. Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2007. pp. 220. ISBN 978-0-470-08584-4.