Langeais
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| Coordinates: 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 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Fabrice Ruel[1] |
Area 1 | 64.55 km2 (24.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 4,335 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/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] ⓘ) 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.[3]
Population
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Sights
[edit]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 Jean Bourré, 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.[6]
Transportation
[edit]Langeais is served by the A85 autoroute.
International relations
[edit]Langeais is twinned with:
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 September 2016 (in French)
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Langeais, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 173.
References
[edit]- Attribution
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 173.
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