Beaune-la-Rolande
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 Beaune-la-Rolande
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Beaune-la-Rolande
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| Coordinates: 48°04′14″N 2°25′48″E / 48.0706°N 2.43°ECoordinates: 48°04′14″N 2°25′48″E / 48.0706°N 2.43°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loiret | |
| Arrondissement | Pithiviers | |
| Canton | Beaune-la-Rolande | |
| Intercommunality | Beaunois | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Claude Renucci | |
| Area1 | 20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 2,039 | |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45030 /45340 | |
| Elevation | 91–119 m (299–390 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Beaune-la-Rolande is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
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.
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