Descartes (Indre-et-Loire)
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Loches | |
| Canton | Descartes (main town) | |
| Community association | Loches Sud Touraine | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 42 ′ E | |
| height | 37-121 m | |
| surface | 38.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,489 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 92 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37160 | |
| INSEE code | 37115 | |
| Website | www.ville-descartes.fr | |
Descartes is a small town with 3489 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in France in the Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire .
The city with prehistoric traces (see Dolmen Le Chillou du Feuillet ) was originally called La Haye en Touraine .
The philosopher and mathematician René Descartes was born here on March 31, 1596 . In 1802 it was renamed La Haye Descartes, and in 1967 - after being merged with Balesme - in its current name. There is now a museum in Descartes' birthplace and a 19th century monument to him on the market square.
Community partnerships
The municipality of Descartes is linked through partnerships with:
- Kumrovec in Croatia
- Dransfeld in Lower Saxony
sons and daughters of the town
- René Descartes (1596–1650), philosopher, mathematician, natural scientist
- Pierre Ernest Ballue (1855–1928), painter
- René Boylesve (1867-1926), writer
- René de Buxeuil (1881–1959), composer
- Gustave Trouvé (1839–1902), engineer and inventor
- Jeanne Goupille (1896–1986), member of the Resistance, Righteous Among the Nations
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 505-518.
Web links
Commons : Descartes - collection of images, videos and audio files
