Lamotte-Beuvron

Lamotte-Beuvron is a French municipality with 4724 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement Romorantin-Lanthenay and the canton of La Sologne .

geography

Lamotte-Beuvron church, castle and park

Lamotte-Beuvron is located on the Beuvron River and the former Canal de la Sauldre in the Sologne countryside . Lamotte-Beuvron is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vouzon in the north, Souvigny-en-Sologne in the northeast, Chaon in the east, Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre in the southeast, Nouan-le-Fuzelier in the south, Saint-Viâtre in the southwest, Chaumont-sur- Tharonne to the west and La Ferté-Saint-Aubin to the northwest.

Lamotte-Beuvron is part of the Cour-Cheverny wine-growing region . The Autoroute A71 and Route nationale 20 as well as the former Route nationale 733 passed through the municipality .

Originally the place was called La Mothe-sur-Beuvron and indicated an earlier moth near the river.

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3,703	4,073	4,475	4,345	4,247	4,251	4,529	4,783
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Church of Sainte-Anne

Church of Sainte-Anne, built in neo-Romanesque style in 1859 ( Monument historique since 1986 ).
Castle and domain of Saint-Maurice; the castle complex was razed in the 17th century.
Town hall, built from 1860 to 1862.

The Tatin House

The sisters Stéphanie and Caroline Tatin are said to have invented the tarte tatin here.

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