Langeais
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Commune of Langeais |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Chinon |
| Canton | Langeais |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Touraine Nord-Ouest |
| Mayor | Pierre-Alain Roiron (2008-2014) |
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| Elevation | 36 m–109 m |
| Land area¹ | 60.38 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
3,865 |
| - Density | 64/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 37123/ 37130 |
| 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. | |
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Langeais is a French commune in the département of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Centre.
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[edit] Sights
Langeais has a church of the 11th, 13th and 15th centuries, but is chiefly interesting for the possession of a large a large château built soon after the middle of the 15th century by Jean Bourr, 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, count of Anjou.
[edit] Transportation
Langeais is served by the A85 autoroute.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Langeais is twinned with:
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