Le Grand-Pressigny

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Le Grand-Pressigny
Coat of arms of Le Grand-Pressigny
Le Grand-Pressigny (France)
Le Grand-Pressigny
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Loches
Canton Descartes
Community association Loches Sud Touraine
Coordinates 46 ° 55 '  N , 0 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '  N , 0 ° 48'  E
height 52-135 m
surface 39.55 km 2
Residents 916 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 37350
INSEE code 37113
Website http://www.le-grand-pressigny.net/

Le Grand-Pressigny is a French municipality with 916 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire (historical region: Touraine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Loches and the Canton of Descartes and is located on the banks of the Claise River at the confluence of the Aigronne . The quarrying site of Le Grand-Pressigny is near the site .

Population development

1793 1866 1911 1946 1975 1990 2006
967 1,832 1,559 1,595 1,256 1,120 1,064

Attractions

  • Le Grand-Pressigny castle ; Partial ruin of a castle, the roots of which go back to the 12th century. The buildings that have been preserved today house the Musée departemental de Préhistoire, founded in 1910, with the Coeur de Birette, a polissoir in the gardens.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 541-553.

Web links

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