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Saint-Julien-de-Crempse

Part of Eyraud-Crempse-Maurens in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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Location of Saint-Julien-de-Crempse

44°57′10″N 0°31′31″E / 44.9528°N 0.5253°E / 44.9528; 0.5253CountryFranceRegionNouvelle-AquitaineDepartmentDordogneArrondissementPérigueuxCantonPérigord CentralCommuneEyraud-Crempse-Maurens Area

11.18 km² (4.32 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[1]

213 • Density19/km² (49/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

24140

Elevation87–188 m (285–617 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Julien-de-Crempse (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒyljɛ̃ də kʁɛ̃ps]; Occitan: Sent Júlia de Cremsa or Sent Júlian de Cremsa) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Eyraud-Crempse-Maurens.^[2]

History

During World War II the surrounding countryside may have been home to as many as 60 separate cells of the French Resistance. Saint-Julien was a hiding place for Resistance fighters, and one Maquis leader had his base in the village. On 9 August 1944, 17 villagers from Saint-Julien were executed by the Germans as reprisal for Resistance activities in the area. On 10 September 1944, 17 German prisoners of war were collected by French Resistance members and executed near Saint-Julien as a revenge killing.^[3]