Salon-la-Tour
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Location of Salon-la-Tour  | |
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| Coordinates: 45°30′20″N 1°32′21″E / 45.5056°N 1.5392°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Corrèze |
| Arrondissement | Tulle |
| Canton | Uzerche |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Uzerche |
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| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Claude Chauffour[1] |
Area 1 | 43.01 km2 (16.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 679 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 19250 /19510 |
| Elevation | 335–492 m (1,099–1,614 ft) (avg. 350 m or 1,150 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Salon-la-Tour (French pronunciation: [salɔ̃ la tuʁ]; Occitan: Celom) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.
Violette Szabo, a 22-year-old British agent who was parachuted a second time into France, on 7 June 1944 (where she was to try to help obstruct the movement of German SS units from the south of France to Normandy), was captured near Salon-la-Tour.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 969 | — |
| 1968 | 1,018 | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 926 | −9.0% |
| 1982 | 798 | −13.8% |
| 1990 | 729 | −8.6% |
| 1999 | 722 | −1.0% |
| 2008 | 703 | −2.6% |
Notable residents
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Alayoubi, Mohammad (17 July 2013). "Det eneste vi hørte var hundene som bjeffet". NRK News. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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