Pithiviers () is a
commune in the
Loiret
Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.[< ...]
department, north central
France
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. It is one of the
subprefectures of Loiret. It is twinned with
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, sometimes spelt Ashby de la Zouch () and shortened locally to Ashby, is a market town and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. The town is near to the Derbyshire and Staffordshir ...
in Leicestershire, England and
Burglengenfeld
Burglengenfeld is a town in the district of Schwandorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Naab, 22 km north of Regensburg.
Climate
Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfa ...
in Bavaria, Germany.
Its attractions include a cinema, a theatre and a
preserved steam railway.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
, Pithiviers was the location of the infamous
Pithiviers internment camp
Pithiviers internment camp during the Holocaust was a transit camp for Jewish deportees in Pithiviers (Loiret department; roughly south of Paris and and north-west of Beaune-la-Rolande.) in Occupied France during the Second World War. Childr ...
.
The
pithivier, a kind of pie, is said to originate here in the middle ages. The traditional Pithivier was a small scalloped-edge sweet tartlet. Savoury versions can be filled with peacock, heron, swan or pork.
Population
Personalities
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Helvise of Pithiviers (965/970-1025), related to the Counts of Blois family, she built the castle of Pithivers.
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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
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Steve Marlet
Steve Marlet (born 10 January 1974) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the French national team, winning the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 and featuring at E ...
- footballer with
CM Aubervilliers
Football Club Municipal d'Aubervilliers (; commonly referred to as Aubervilliers or simply Aubervilliers) is a French association football club based in Aubervilliers, a suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1948 and currently plays in the C ...
. He was born here in 1974.
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Xavier Dectot
Xavier Dectot, born on in Pithiviers, is a French museum curator and art historian.
A former curator at the Musée de Cluny, specialising in sculptures and ivories from the Middle Ages, he has been director of the Louvre-Lens from 2011 to 2016 ...
- curator and art historian who was born here in 1973.
*
Marie Ndiaye
Marie NDiaye (born 4 June 1967) is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, ''Quant au riche avenir'', when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Her play ''Papa doit manger'' is the sole play by a ...
- novelist and playwright who was born here in 1967.
*
Siméon Poisson - mathematician born here in 1781 and died in 1840.
*
Louis Lebègue Duportail
Louis Antoine Jean Le Bègue de Presle Duportail (; 14 May 1743 – 12 August 1802) was a French military leader who served as a volunteer and the Chief Engineer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served as ...
- 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.
See also
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Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Tramway de Pithiviers à Toury
The Tramway de Pithiviers à Toury (TPT) was a gauge railway in the Loiret department of France. It was built to carry sugar beet and was long.
History
Pithiviers and Toury are apart, and sugar beet is a major agricultural product in the ar ...]
References
Communes of Loiret
Subprefectures in France
Orléanais
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