Langeais
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Langeais | ||
| 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 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2017–2020) | Pierre-Alain Roiron | |
| Area1 | 64.55 km2 (24.92 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 4,341 | |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37123 /37130 | |
| Elevation | 36–109 m (118–358 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Langeais 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.[1]
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 2,216 | — |
| 1800 | 2,205 | −0.5% |
| 1806 | 2,239 | +1.5% |
| 1821 | 2,499 | +11.6% |
| 1831 | 2,840 | +13.6% |
| 1836 | 3,057 | +7.6% |
| 1841 | 3,138 | +2.6% |
| 1846 | 3,565 | +13.6% |
| 1851 | 3,307 | −7.2% |
| 1856 | 3,234 | −2.2% |
| 1861 | 3,381 | +4.5% |
| 1866 | 3,604 | +6.6% |
| 1872 | 3,450 | −4.3% |
| 1876 | 3,463 | +0.4% |
| 1881 | 3,517 | +1.6% |
| 1886 | 3,446 | −2.0% |
| 1891 | 3,365 | −2.4% |
| 1896 | 3,309 | −1.7% |
| 1901 | 3,371 | +1.9% |
| 1906 | 3,550 | +5.3% |
| 1911 | 3,467 | −2.3% |
| 1921 | 3,441 | −0.7% |
| 1926 | 3,450 | +0.3% |
| 1931 | 3,455 | +0.1% |
| 1936 | 3,400 | −1.6% |
| 1946 | 3,511 | +3.3% |
| 1954 | 3,652 | +4.0% |
| 1962 | 3,849 | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 3,907 | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 3,902 | −0.1% |
| 1982 | 4,142 | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 3,960 | −4.4% |
| 1999 | 3,865 | −2.4% |
| 2006 | 3,861 | −0.1% |
| 2009 | 4,011 | +3.9% |
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 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.[2]
Transportation
Langeais is served by the A85 autoroute.
International relations
Langeais is twinned with:
Notes
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 30 September 2016 (in French)
- ↑ Chisholm 1911, p. 173.
References
- Attribution
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Langeais". Encyclopædia Britannica. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 173.
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