Avrillé-les-Ponceaux
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Quinone | |
| Canton | Langeais | |
| Community association | Touraine Ouest Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 24 ' N , 0 ° 17' E | |
| height | 57-95 m | |
| surface | 32.8 km 2 | |
| Residents | 481 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37340 | |
| INSEE code | 37013 | |
Avrillé-les-Ponceaux is a 481 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) scoring French community in the region Center-Val de Loire in Indre-et-Loire . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Chinon and the canton of Langeais . The inhabitants are called Ponçivriens .
location
Avrillé-les-Ponceaux is about 30 kilometers west of Tours . Avrillé-les-Ponceaux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Hommes in the north, Cléré-les-Pins in the northeast, Mazières-de-Touraine in the east, Langeais in the south and southeast, Les Essards in the south and Continvoir in the west.
history
During the Second World War, the German occupation authorities established the La Morellerie concentration camp here . Mainly Roma and Communists were interned here.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 561 | 512 | 438 | 372 | 366 | 384 | 446 | 473 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Aubin church
- Saint-Symphorien Church, Monument historique
Saint-Aubin church
Saint-Symphorien Church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 641-643.
