Levroux (Levroux)
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| local community | Levroux | |
| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre | |
| Arrondissement | Chateauroux | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 59 ′ N , 1 ° 37 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 36110 | |
| Former INSEE code | 36093 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | ville-levroux.fr/ | |
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Levroux is a village and a former French commune with 2,742 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Indre in the Region Center-Val de Loire . It belonged to the arrondissement of Châteauroux and the canton of Levroux .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Levroux and Saint-Martin-de-Lamps were merged to form the Commune nouvelle Levroux of the same name and have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Levroux.
With effect from January 1, 2019, the municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps was also integrated into the Commune nouvelle and is also a Commune déléguée there.
history
An inscription for the Roman / Celtic god Mars Cososus was found on a consecration tablet ( CIL XIII, 1353 ). The city's name originally comes from the Latin leprosum . In the historic center of the city is the former Benedictine church of Saint-Sylvain, which was built in the 13th century. The organ case from 1502 is considered the oldest in France. As early as the 9th century, the St. Sylvain Monastery in Levroux only took in sick people with rot .
The fortifications were approved by King Charles VII in 1436 and surround the historic old town. The ruins of the castle of the Lords of Levroux are dated to 990.
Levroux is located on the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela and was a well-known pilgrimage stop in the Middle Ages.
Attractions
- Castle ruins of Levroux from the 15th century - Monument historique
- Church Saint-Sylvain in Levroux from the 13th century - Monument historique
- Saint-Jacques wooden house in Levroux from the 16th century - Monument historique
Castle ruins
Saint-Sylvain church
Saint-Jacques wooden house
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Personalities
- Jacques Léon Gigot-Suard (1826–?), Medic
- Fernand Michaud (* 1929), photographer
- Christine Boutin (* 1944), politician (UMP), Minister for Housing and Urban Development 2007 to 2009
- François-Xavier Dumortier SJ (* 1948), theologian, Rector of the Center Sèvres 1997 to 2003, Provincial of the Society of Jesus in France
literature
- Pascal Réchaussat: Histoire et legends de Levroux , Société d'imprimerie et d'édition et des journaux du Berry 1923
- Levroux: Histoire et archeologie d'un paysage , Association pour la défense et l'étude du canton de Levroux 1978
- Jean-François Enault, Daniel Lebeurrier: Le village celtique des arènes à Levroux: Description du mobilier , Revue archéologique du center de la France 1994
- Pascal Réchaussat: Histoire de Levroux , Res Universis 2004, ISBN 2877607399
- Levroux et Sa Region , Alan Sutton 2006, ISBN 284910485X
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Decree of the Prefecture on the creation of the Levroux nouvelle commune of September 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Decree of the Prefecture No. 36-2018-08-24-008 on the expansion of the Commune nouvelle Levroux of August 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Geschiedenis der Genees, Natuur- en Wiskunde: "Janus", Volume 29, 1925
- ↑ Castle ruins in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Saint-Sylvain in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Maison Saint-Jacques in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)