Langeais
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Coordinates: 47°19′36″N 0°24′25″E / 47.3267°N 0.4069°ECoordinates: 47°19′36″N 0°24′25″E / 47.3267°N 0.4069°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Indre-et-Loire |
Arrondissement | Chinon |
Canton | Langeais |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre-Alain Roiron |
Area 1 | 64.55 km2 (24.92 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 4,560 |
• Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 37123 /37130 |
Elevation | 36–109 m (118–358 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Langeais (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃ʒɛ] (listen)) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Les Essards was merged into Langeais.[2]
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Sights[]
Langeais has a church of the 11th, 12th and 15th centuries, but is chiefly interesting for its large and historic château built soon after the middle of the 15th century by , minister of Louis XI. Here the marriage of Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany took place in 1491. In the park, are the ruins of a keep of late 10th century architecture, built by Fulk Nerra (Black Hawk in old French), count of Anjou.[3]
Transportation[]
Langeais is served by the A85 autoroute.
International relations[]
Langeais is twinned with:
- Eppstein, Germany
- , Portugal
Notes[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 September 2016 (in French)
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 173.
References[]
- Attribution
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 173. .
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