Pithiviers | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
) The Place du Martroi, in Pithiviers | |
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Location of Pithiviers  | |
)  Pithiviers ) Pithiviers | |
| Coordinates: 48°10′21″N 2°15′09″E / 48.1725°N 2.2525°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Loiret |
| Arrondissement | Pithiviers |
| Canton | Pithiviers |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Philippe Pintaux |
| Area 1 | 6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 8,981 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45252 /45300 |
| Elevation | 97–130 m (318–427 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Pithiviers (French pronunciation: [pitivje] ) is a commune (municipality) in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is twinned with Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, England and Burglengenfeld in Bavaria, Germany.
Its attractions include a cinema, a theatre and a preserved steam railway.[2]
During World War II, Pithiviers was the location of the infamous Pithiviers internment camp.
The pithivier, a kind of pie, is said to originate here.
Personalities
- Helvise of Pithiviers (965/970-1025), related to the Counts of Blois family, she built the castle of Pithivers.
- Michel Odent - French obstetrician, surgeon & childbirth specialist. World renowned for his work at Pithiviers Hospital & Midwifery (1962-1985) as well as his many publications supporting natural birth. Birth Reborn-1984
- Steve Marlet - footballer with CM Aubervilliers. He was born here in 1974.
- Marie Ndiaye - novelist and playwright who was born here in 1967.
- Siméon Poisson - mathematician born here in 1781 and died in 1840.
- Louis Lebègue Duportail - French military leader during the American Revolutionary War, born here in 1743.
- Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis (also called Gregory Makar and Grégoire de Nicopolis) brought gingerbread to Europe from Pithiviers in the 10th century.[3]
See also
- Communes of the Loiret department
- Ary Bitter
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Pithiviers official website (French)". Town of Pithiviers.
- ^ Liana Aghajanian (2014-12-23). "How an Armenian Monk Brought Gingerbread to the West". Retrieved 2017-03-30.