Panazol

Château de la Beausserie - The Town Hall

Coat of arms

Panazol

Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

Panazol

Coordinates: 45°50′23″N 1°18′39″E / 45.8397°N 1.3108°ECoordinates: 45°50′23″N 1°18′39″E / 45.8397°N 1.3108°E

Country

Limoges-Panazol

Limoges Métropole

Government

• Mayor (2008–2014)

Jean-Paul Duret

Area¹

20.05 km² (7.74 sq mi)

Population (2006)²

10,270

• Density

510/km² (1,300/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

87114 /87350

Elevation

215–351 m (705–1,152 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Panazol (Occitan: Panasòu) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

Panazol is the third largest town in the department (by population), after Limoges and Saint-Junien. It can be considered as a commuter town.

Theo Sarapo, the singer, actor, and second husband of Édith Piaf died at Limoges on August 28, 1970 on RD 941 at the Panazol exit, direction Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (Haute-Vienne). His car, a blue Citroen ID19, left the road at high speed and struck a tree the approximate height of Chateau de la Rue. He was removed from the wreckage and rushed to the Limoges hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries at the age of 34. He was buried in Paris at Père-Lachaise cemetery alongside Édith Piaf.

Inhabitants are known as Panazolais.

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