Avon-les-Roches

Avon-les-Roches
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Quinone
Canton	Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine
Community association	Touraine Val de Vienne
Coordinates	47 ° 9 '  N , 0 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '  N , 0 ° 27'  E
height	38-119 m
surface	33.28 km 2
Residents	548 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	16 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	37220
INSEE code	37012
Website	http://www.avon-les-roches.com/

Avon-les-Roches is a French commune of 548 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Chinon and the canton of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine (until 2015: canton of L'Île-Bouchard ).

geography

Avon-les-Roches is about 27 kilometers southwest of Tours . Avon-les-Roches is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cheillé in the north and northwest, Villaines-les-Rochers in the northeast, Neuil and Crissay-sur-Manse in the east, Crouzilles in the south and Panzoult in the west and southwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	682	648	656	579	560	520	530	564
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Notre-Dame church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1908
• Ruins of the monastery of Les Roches-Tranchelion, monument historique since 1914

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  Notre-Dame church

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  Abbey ruins

Community partnerships

There is a partnership with the Belgian municipality of Brugelette in Wallonia.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 571-574.

Web links

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