Langeais
Appearance
Langeais | |
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Coordinates:47°19′36″N0°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) |
1French 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 acommunein theIndre-et-Loiredepartmentin centralFrance.On 1 January 2017, the former commune ofLes Essardswas 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 itslarge and historic châteaubuilt soon after the middle of the 15th century byJean Bourré,minister ofLouis XI.Here the marriage ofCharles VIIIandAnne of Brittanytook place in 1491. In the park, are the ruins of a keep of late 10th century architecture, built byFulk Nerra(Black Hawkin old French), count ofAnjou.[6]
Transportation
[edit]Langeais is served by theA85 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 préfectoral30 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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