Pithiviers () is a

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in the

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, north central

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. It is one of the

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s of Loiret. It is twinned with

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in Leicestershire, England and

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in Bavaria, Germany. Its attractions include a cinema, a theatre and a preserved steam railway. During

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, 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. Children ...

. The

pithivier A pithivier (; french: pithiviers, ) is a round, enclosed pie usually made by baking two disks of puff pastry, with a filling stuffed in between. It has the appearance of a hump and is traditionally decorated with spiral lines drawn from the top o ...

, 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.

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* Helvise of Pithiviers (965/970-1025), related to the Counts of Blois family, she built the castle of Pithivers. *

Michel Odent Michel Odent (born 1930) is a French obstetrician and childbirth specialist. Education Born in a French village in 1930, Odent studied medicine in Paris and was educated as a surgeon in the 1950s. He has been presented in Lancet as “one of the l ...

- 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 *

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. He was born here in 1974. *

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.

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Communes of Loiret Subprefectures in France Orléanais {{Loiret-geo-stub

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