Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre | |
| Arrondissement | Chateauroux | |
| Canton | Argenton-sur-Creuse | |
| Community association | Éguzon-Argenton-Vallée de la Creuse | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 38 ′ N , 1 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 96-178 m | |
| surface | 9.03 km 2 | |
| Residents | 925 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 102 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 36800 | |
| INSEE code | 36161 | |
Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet is a French municipality with 925 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Indre in the Region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Châteauroux and the canton of Argenton-sur-Creuse .
Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet is located in the south of the department in the Boischaut- Sud landscape . Châteauroux is 31 kilometers away and Argenton-sur-Creuse 6 kilometers. The community consists of the two places Le Pont-Chrétien and Chabenet. The Creuse and the Bouzanne flow through the municipality and flow into the Creuse at Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet.
Neighboring municipalities to Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet are: Chasseneuil in the north, Tendu in the northeast, Saint-Marcel in the southeast and Thenay in the southwest.
history
Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet belonged to Saint-Marcel from 1790 to 1912 and has only been independent again since then.
Population development
- 1962: 669
- 1968: 814
- 1975: 813
- 1982: 902
- 1990: 879
- 1999: 880
- 2007: 939
- 2012: 928
Attractions
- Le Petit Broutet, a noble residence from the Middle Ages and owned by the municipality and used as a mairie since the 1960s
- Priory and Notre-Dame Church (possibly 12th century)
- The quarries along the Bouzanne
- The Chabenet Castle (completed in 1471) with 14 towers and a donjon , in 1635 the fortifications were partially demolished on Richelieu's order; in the possession of Hapimag since 2000 after frequent changes of ownership in the 20th century .
- The railway viaduct from the year 1848-1853, which crosses the Bouzanne valley following a 1040 meter long tunnel on the Paris - Toulouse line.
- The "Pont couvert", a covered wooden bridge over the Bouzanne, which is unique in France and which was built either to support the construction work on the railway line or at the request of the owner of the Château de Chabenet, improves its domain (around 2000 hectares between Chabenet and Rocherolles) to manage ( Monument historique since 1992).
- The former flour mill of the Château de Chabenet on the Bouzanne below the castle.
Le Petit Broutet, today's Mairie
Notre-Dame church
Chabenet Castle
Railway bridge
Pont couvert
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