[pee-tee-VYAY] Taking its name from the French town of Pithiviers, this classic French "cake" is composed of an almond cream (frangipane) encased between two puff pastry rounds.
Pithiviers
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Coordinates: 48°10′21″N 2°15′09″E / 48.1725°N 2.2525°E
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Commune of Pithiviers |
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| Location | |
  Pithiviers
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Loiret |
| Arrondissement | Pithiviers |
| Canton | Pithiviers |
| Mayor | Philippe Pintaux (2001–2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 97–130 m (320–430 ft) (avg. 120 m/390 ft) |
| Land area1 | 6.94 km2 (2.68 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 9,242 (1999) |
| - Density | 1,332 /km2 (3,450 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45252/ 45300 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Pithiviers is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is twinned with Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
Pithiviers is of global historical interest as one of the locally infamous second world war concentration camps where children were separated from their parents while the adults were processed and deported to camps farther away, usually Auschwitz. This was the fate of the novelist Irène Némirovsky.
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