Beaulieu-lès-Loches
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| Commune of Beaulieu-lès-Loches | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 01°00'58 |
| Latitude | 47°07'45 |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Centre |
| Département | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Loches |
| Canton | Loches |
| Intercommunality | Loches Développement |
| Mayor | Pierre Renard (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 68 m–121 m (avg. 72 m) |
| Land area¹ | 3.88 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
1,720 |
| - Density (1999) | 443/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37020/ 37600 |
| 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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Beaulieu-lès-Loches is a commune of the Indre-et-Loire département, in France.
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[edit] Geography
Beaulieu-lès-Loches is located on the right bank of the Loire, opposite the town of Loches, and practically its suburb.
[edit] History
It was once the seat of a barony.
[edit] Sights
Besides the parish church of St. Laurent, a beautiful specimen of 12th century architecture, it contains the remains of the great abbey church of the Holy Sepulchre founded in the 11th century by Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou, who is buried in the chancel. This chancel, which with one of the older transepts now constitutes the church, dates from the 15th century. The Romanesque nave is in ruins, but of the two towers one survives intact; it is square, crowned with an octagonal steeple of stone, and is one of the finest extant monuments of Romanesque architecture.
[edit] Reference
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
