Jargeau
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loiret | |
| Arrondissement | Orleans | |
| Canton | Châteauneuf-sur-Loire | |
| Community association | Loges | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 52 ' N , 2 ° 8' E | |
| height | 97-108 m | |
| surface | 14.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,604 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 314 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 45150 | |
| INSEE code | 45173 | |
| Website | Jargeau | |
 Jargeau on the banks of the Loire |
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Jargeau is a French town and a municipality with 4,604 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire .
location
Jargeau is located about 21 km (driving distance) southeast of Orléans or just 125 km south of Paris on the south bank of the Loire at an altitude of about 105 m . The climate is temperate and almost frost-free; Rain (645 mm / year) falls throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 |
| Residents | 2,441 | 2,801 | 2,321 | 2,640 | 3,979 |
The population increase since the last decades of the 20th century is mainly due to the immigration of people from rural areas.
economy
As a small town, Jargeau was and is dependent on the supply of food from the surrounding area. In addition to inner-city craft and service companies, there is a small industrial settlement (Zone industrial le Clos des Cailloux) in the east of the urban area.
history
The possible foundation in Roman times has not yet been proven; More accurate information is only available from the year 1000 onwards than the relics of St. Veranus were brought here from Cavaillon (Saint-Vrain) . In the 12th century, two bishops of Orléans were simultaneously landlords (seigneurs) of Gergeau . In the years 1207 to 1220, another bishop (instead of a previous wooden construction?) Had a stone bridge built over the Loire, the flood of which repeatedly plagued the city. On June 12, 1429, Joan of Arc , the French national heroine canonized in 1920 , was wounded in front of her walls and this day is still a major holiday in Jargeau.
The city fell into the turmoil of the Huguenot Wars (1562–1598) in the second half of the 16th century , but it is named in the Edict of Nantes (1598) as one of the “safe places for Protestants” (places de sûrete protestante) . The bridge was destroyed in the years of the French Revolution (1790). Since 1988, a 333 m long new Loire bridge has been one of the most important transport links between central France and the greater Paris area.
Attractions
- The former collegiate church of Saint-Étienne , built on the site of several previous buildings, is a three-aisled Romanesque building ( nave , bell tower ) from around 1120 with significant additions in the Gothic style ( choir , portals) from the second half of the 12th century. Damage from the time of the Huguenot Wars was repaired. The rib-vaulted church building has been recognized as a monument historique since 1932 . The baroque pulpit (1752) made of wood and wrought iron is a unique piece of its kind and once again placed under protection.
- Not far from the church is the in 1884 on the site of a demolished medieval hospital ( Hôtel-Dieu ) , built of cast-iron market hall (hall) .
- The town hall (mairie) is housed in a baroque palace from the 18th century.
Partnerships
Personalities
- Joan of Arc (around 1412–1431) was wounded in the Battle of Jargeau
- Étienne de Vignolles (around 1390–1443), comrade in arms of Joan of Arc
- Johann II., Duke of Alençon (1409–1476), leader of the troops and comrade in arms Joan of Arc
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jargeau - map with altitude information
- ↑ Jargeau - climate tables
- ^ Jargeau - Zone industrial
- ↑ Jargeau History
- ^ Jargeau - Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Jargeau - Church furnishings in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ^ Jargeau - pulpit of the church in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)