La Chapelle-d'Angillon
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Cher | |
| Arrondissement | Vierzon | |
| Canton | Aubigny-sur-Nère | |
| Community association | Sauldre and Sologne | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 22 ′ N , 2 ° 26 ′ E | |
| height | 183-283 m | |
| surface | 10.17 km 2 | |
| Residents | 629 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 62 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 18380 | |
| INSEE code | 18047 | |
 Town hall and school |
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La Chapelle-d'Angillon is a French municipality with 629 inhabitants (1 January 2017) in the countryside in central France Berry , in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . The place is the capital of the canton of the same name Aubigny-sur-Nère and birthplace of the writer Henri-Alban Fournier, who became famous under the name Alain-Fournier with the novel The Great Meaulnes .
location
The small town at the intersection of three country roads is about 190 kilometers south of Paris , near Bourges (32 km) and Vierzon (35 km) on the Petite Sauldre .
history
The origins of the place go back to a Greek hermit who settled on the Petite Sauldre and built a chapel (fr: chapelle) there. The man known as Jacques l'ermite or Jacques de Saxeau died in 865 and was buried in his chapel. Believers went there foran to pray at his grave.
Monks of the Saint-Sulpice Abbey in Bourges built the Chapelle Saint Jacques priory there , where they settled permanently to receive the pilgrims . This was in the area of Gilon de Sully, a descendant of the Vikings . The Vikings who came via the Loire , the Sauldre and the Petite Sauldre took possession of the area in the 10th century. In July 1064 Gilon gave the resulting hamlet of La Chapelle to the monks with the right to cut wood in the woods for the construction of a new priory. In addition, they were given land and fishing grounds and the right to levy taxes. In the same year, Gilon began building a stone defense tower on the southern edge of the village , which was supposed to protect the whole area. This donjon became the nucleus of the castle of La Chapelle (today: Château de Béthune ). It was surrounded by a wall six meters high and two meters thick with small towers, four gates and a drawbridge spanning the river . The place itself grew along the banks of the Petite Sauldre.
The Principality of Boisbelle , which belongs to the Sully family (also: Seuly), was independent for centuries. In 1605 it was acquired by the Protestant Maximilian von Béthune , and in 1766 it was ceded to the Kingdom of France .
The writer Alain-Fournier was born in La Chapelle-d'Angillon on October 3, 1886. The plot of his novel Le Grand Meaulnes is set in the region. Alain-Fournier died as a French soldier near Verdun in the First World War .
In the course of the occupation of France in World War II , the place was attacked on June 18, 1940 by about 30 aircraft of the German Air Force . The bombs killed numerous people within a few minutes at around 7 p.m. on the fairground, where numerous refugees had settled for the night. Around 30 buildings in the village were partially or completely destroyed. Of the 104 buried victims, only 53, including five residents of La Chapelle-d'Angillon, could be identified.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 686 | 727 | 744 | 756 | 687 | 667 | 655 | 629 |
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Surname
The name originated from the components "chapelle" and "Gilon" (de Sully). Initially only known as (La) Chapelle , the place was mentioned in 1205 as Capella Gilonis . In 1405 it was called La Chapelle Dam Gilon , from which the current place name later developed.
Attractions
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- Château de Béthune castle with keep from the 11th century (listed since 1963)
- Alain-Fournier's birthplace
- Alain Fournier Museum ( Musée Alain-Fournier )
- Musée Frasheri , a collection of Albanian exhibits from the 17th to 19th centuries
- Saint-Jacques church
traffic
La Chapelle-d'Angillon had a train station on the Sully-sur-Loire- Bourges line, which is now closed. The place is located on the former national road 140 from Gien to Bourges, which was downgraded to the D 940 departmental road.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 229-234.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Origines du village at lachapelledangillon.fr, accessed on June 11, 2020
- ↑ Seconde Guerre Mondiale - Blessures chapelloises at lachapelledangillon.fr, accessed on June 11, 2020