Arrou
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| local community | Commune nouvelle d'Arrou | |
| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir | |
| Arrondissement | Châteaudun | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 6 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 28290 | |
| Former INSEE code | 28012 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2017 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.arrou.fr/ | |
 Church of Église Saint-Lubin |
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Arrou is a town and commune Déléguée in the French community commune nouvelle d'Arrou with 1,540 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Region Center-Val de Loire in the Eure-et-Loir .
geography
Arrou is 45 kilometers southwest of Chartres between the landscapes of La Beauce and Le Perche . The Yerre, a right tributary of the Loir, flows through the Arrou .
Arrou has been connected to the national rail network since 1883. Originally the route only led from Brou to Courtalain , today from Chartres to Bordeaux-Saint-Jean .
history
The name Arro is first mentioned in 1125. This term goes back to the Celtic Atur-Arum , where Aturra was the name for the river Yerre. Atur-Arum probably means 'the ford on the Yerre'. From Arro developed around 1135 Arrei , then Arresi in 1140, Arrotum to 1192, Arreis in 1209, Arou in 1643 and today, finally, since 1736 Arrou .
The rule of Arrou owes its origin to the Frankish Queen Clotilde , who bequeathed the fief in the 6th century to the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Père de Chartres . Up until the division of the Franconian Empire in the 9th century, the monks enjoyed considerable income, part of which they presumably passed on to the barons of the Perche-Gouët province to compensate for their efforts against the invaders from the north. Around the year 1000 the dominance of the monks ended and secular lords followed.
On January 1, 2017, the municipality of Arrou merged with Boisgasson , Châtillon-en-Dunois , Courtalain , Langey and Saint-Pellerin to form the new municipality of Commune nouvelle d'Arrou . It belonged to the canton of Brou ( Cloyes-sur-le-Loir until 2015 ) and to the arrondissement of Châteaudun .
Population development of the former municipality
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1836 | 1957 | 1841 | 1825 | 1777 | 1770 | 1683 | 1651 |
Attractions
Bois-Ruffin Fortress
history
The name Bois-Ruffin ( Bois means 'forest') appears for the first time in the 5th century. In the 6th century, Queen Clotilde donated the land to the monks of Chartres. In the 13th century the plateau belonged to the lords of Perche Gouët before it was given to the lords of La Bruyère . Nicolas III de la Bruyère had a new castle built between 1240 and 1250 on the site of an older fortress, which was built at the time of the Norman invasions . The family remained in possession of the estate until the death of their last representative Jeanne around 1400. During the Hundred Years War the fortress was besieged by the Burgundy dukes and taken in 1417, but in 1421 it fell back to the French crown. In the early modern period it belonged to the d'Avaugour family until the 16th century . In the 17th century, François de Montmorency-Fosseux took over the castle, which had fallen into disrepair and had become uninhabitable. His son Léon built a chapel on the property. During the French Revolution , Anne Léon II. De Montmorency-Fosseux had to exile and the estate was confiscated by the state and sold in 1794. In 1866 the Marquise Gontaut-Biron bought the land back. Eventually it was sold to a local farmer in 1922. The castle has been a listed building since 1924.
description
The fortress is divided into two halves: a walled courtyard and the castle complex. The courtyard was originally protected by a palisade ; today you can reach it over a small bridge. The buildings around the courtyard have been largely destroyed, only the 17th century chapel remains. There is a moat between the courtyard and the two-story castle. The four-storey donjon rises up in the center of the castle complex . The floors and stairs have not been preserved.
Chapel Chapelle Saint-Benoist
The chapel Chapelle Saint-Benoist is located around 8 km from the village center in the Forêt de Bois-Ruffin forest and was built in 1136 by the monks of the Benedictine abbey of Thiron-Gardais . The husband of a Mistress von Gouët, namely Jérémie de l'Isle , Herr von Brou and von Bois-Ruffin, donated a three- hectare property for this purpose. In return, the monks had to clear the area and build a chapel. In 1792, during the French Revolution , the chapel was sold to a farming family. It then served as a barn for around seventy years before it was bought back by a priest and donated to the parish . The building was renovated in 1938 and 1990.
Further architectural monuments
- The Église Saint-Lubin church, the Romanesque nave of which dates back to the 12th century. The Gothic aisles were added in the 15th century and the Renaissance tower dates from the 17th century.
- The Château de la Brunetière was long owned by the Dimier de Châteaudun family .
- The Château de Courtalain stands on the former municipal boundary to Courtalain .
Personalities
- Catherine Bellier (1614–1689), died in Arrou (according to other sources in Paris).
- Anne Léon II. De Montmorency-Fosseux (1731–1799), Lord of Arrou and Bois-Ruffin.
Parish partnership
- Bromskirchen (Hessen), Germany
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry No. PA00113834 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
