Cléry-Saint-André
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loiret | |
| Arrondissement | Orleans | |
| Canton | Beaugency | |
| Community association | Terres du Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 49 ′ N , 1 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 84-107 m | |
| surface | 18.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,443 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 190 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 45370 | |
| INSEE code | 45098 | |
Cléry-Saint-André is a French municipality with 3443 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement Orléans and the canton Beaugency (until 2015: Cléry-Saint-André ). The place is 15 km southwest of Orléans , on the banks of the Ardoux River .
Clery is eponymous for the Orléans Cléry wine region .
history
The place was first mentioned as "Clariacus vicus" in the middle of the 6th century.
In Cléry King Louis XI. and his second wife Charlotte of Savoy , both died in 1483, buried.
The parish and later independent parish of Saint-André was absorbed during the revolution . In 1918, Cléry was renamed Cléry-Saint-André.
Population development
- 1962: 1829
- 1968: 1854
- 1975: 2019
- 1982: 2232
- 1990: 2506
- 1999: 2718
- 2004: 2927
Attractions
- Notre-Dame de Cléry basilica (14th / 15th century) with the tomb of Louis XI. whose original was destroyed and replaced in 1622.
literature
- Louis Jarry, Histoire de Cléry et de Notre Dame de Cléry (éditions Les Amis de Cléry) (1898)
- Lucien Millet, Notre Dame de Cléry (éditions Les Amis de Cléry)
- Cléry Saint André en 1900 (éditions Les Amis de Cléry) (1986)
- Philippe Araguas, Cléry Saint André; La Collégiale notre Dame (éditions Association Images et Patrimoines du Loiret) (1992)
Web links
Commons : Cléry-Saint-André - Collection of images, videos and audio files
