Lormes
Lormes | |
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 The town hall in Lormes | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lormes  | |
  Lormes  Lormes | |
| Coordinates: 47°17′27″N 3°49′06″E / 47.2908°N 3.8183°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Nièvre |
| Arrondissement | Château-Chinon (Ville) |
| Canton | Corbigny |
| Intercommunality | CC Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Christian Paul (PS)[1] |
Area 1 | 51.71 km2 (19.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,259 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Lormois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 58145 /58140 |
| Elevation | 202–626 m (663–2,054 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Lormes (French pronunciation: [lɔʁm]) is a rural commune in the Nièvre department in central France.[3] It is part of Morvan Regional Natural Park.
History
[edit]In World War II, amid the Liberation of France, German occupying forces killed eight people in Lormes:
On 12 June 1944, the men of Maquis Julien purloined some uniforms from the Gendarmerie, with a view to an upcoming operation. Alerted to this intervention, the Wehrmacht stepped in, attacked and took it out on the local population. Ten civilians were taken hostage, several buildings in the town were partially burnt down and five maquisards and three inhabitants were killed.[4]
Mayor Gaspard Gueugniaud later wrote:
Following the fighting, the Germans frightened the population, organised the looting of all the houses on the square, stole everything they could carry, set fire to five houses...[5]
Demographics
[edit]On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 1,273.
Notable people
[edit]The mystic Simon Ganneau (1805–1851) was born in Lormes, as was the writer Henri Bachelin (1879–1941), winner of the 1918 Prix Femina for Le Serviteur.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Commune file, INSEE.
- ^ "Lormes". www.museeresistancemorvan.fr (in French).
- ^ "Il y a 70 ans, un affrontement meurtrier opposait maquisards et Allemands, à Lormes". www.lejdc.fr (in French). 12 June 2014.
« À la suite des combats, les Allemands effrayèrent la population, organisèrent le pillage de toutes les maisons de la Place, volèrent tout ce qu'ils purent emporter, mirent le feu à cinq maisons... »
External links
[edit]- Lormes.net (Unofficial website) (in French, English, and Dutch)
- Lormes.fr (Official website) (in French)
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