Bléré
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Loches | |
| Canton | Bléré (main town) | |
| Community association | Bléré Val de Cher | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 20 ′ N , 1 ° 0 ′ E | |
| height | 52-112 m | |
| surface | 30.8 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,272 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 171 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37150 | |
| INSEE code | 37027 | |
| Website | http://www.blere-touraine.com | |
 La Coursicaudiére (now the Hôtel de ville ) |
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Bléré is a French municipality with 5272 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Loches and is the capital of the canton of Bléré .
geography
The small town is located in the historic province of Touraine (also called Jardin de la France ) in the Cher Valley, 27 kilometers east of Tours . Previously forested, the region is now an agricultural and wine-growing zone.
history
coat of arms
Blazon : three silver bushels on red (grain measure)
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
| Residents | 3450 | 3832 | 4113 | 4057 | 4388 | 4578 | <5272 |
Attractions
- Jean de Seigne burial chapel (16th century, Monument historique 1875)
- Le Grand Logis (also called Bléré Castle, 15th century) former manor house of Bléré, demolished in 1960
- Saint-Christophe church (from 11th century)
- Logis de Boisramé (16th century)
- La Coursicaudière (also known as the Hôtel Lemaître, 19th century), today the town hall
- Fontenay Castle (17th century)
- Fossenbault Castle (19th century)
- Manoir de Beauregard (16th century)
- Le Belvédère (1832)
- Manoir de Crespières (19th century)
- Les Aigremonts windmill (1848)
Chapelle de Seigne
Saint-Christophe
Les Aigremonts
Parish partnership
- Garrel , Lower Saxony, Germany (since 1986)
- Montegiardino , San Marino
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 204-207.
- Berber: Bléré au cours des siècles . Tours, imprimerie centrale de Touraine, 1979.
- Gautier: Bléré des origines à nos jours . Tours, Arrault et Cie, 1914.
Web links
Commons : Bléré - collection of images, videos and audio files
