Pithiviers is a common French, located in the department of the Loiret and the area Center. Its inhabitants name the Pithivérien () S .

Geography

The city is located at forty kilometer in the north of Orleans and eighty kilometers in the south of Paris, between Beauce and Gâtinais, in the valley of the the Essonne.

History

It is initially a Gallic village (from where it draws its name), then Roman.

During the eighth war of religion, the city is taken by both Henri (the king of France Henri III and Henri de Navarre) in 1589.

During the Second world war, Pithiviers sheltered the Prison camp then a camp of transit before the departure for the concentration camps. to see the article Pithiviers (camp of transit)

Administration

Heraldic

Of azure, with three thistles rising and broken into leaf of gold, two and one; with the chief of azure charged with a flower of gold lily| Malta-Brown |illustrated France (1882)

Economy

  • Two branches of industry prevail: the agro-alimentary one and pharmacy.
  • Antenna of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Loiret.

Gastronomy

  • the Pithiviers , cake of puff pastry lined to the almond paste. There exists also a frozen version (without puff pastry) called " Pithiviers melting " decorated with candied fruits;
  • the Gingerbread;
  • the Tart with the cream of Pithiviers;
  • the Bondaroy with the hay, cheese of the area of Pithiviers.
  • the pie of larks

Famous characters

Tourist monuments and places

  • Church Saint-Solomon-Saint Gregoire;
  • Castle of Bellecour, the 17th century;
  • Museum of transport, including/understanding several locomotive with vapor, vestiges of the line Pithiviers- Toury (1892 - 1964), whose short section remains operational.
  • municipal Museum
  • Theater of the Keep (of XIXe, entirely renovated in 2005)
  • Collegial Saint-Georges (XIe)

Places of worship

  • inaugurated Mosque the May 19th 2006 and being able to contain nearly 700 people.
  • Church Saint Solomon-Saint Gregoire

Tally of life

See too

External bonds

  • municipal Site

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