Limeray
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Loches | |
| Canton | Amboise | |
| Community association | Val d'Amboise | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 28 ' N , 1 ° 3' E | |
| height | 52-116 m | |
| surface | 14.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,308 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 91 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37530 | |
| INSEE code | 37131 | |
 Limeray Town Hall (Mairie) and Wash House |
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Limeray is a French commune with 1,308 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Indre-et-Loire , in the Région Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Loches and the Canton of Amboise . Its inhabitants call themselves the Limerien (ne) s . The municipality is a member of the Communauté de communes du Val d'Amboise .
geography
Limeray is located about 27 kilometers east-northeast of Tours on the Loire and the Cisse . The commune is part of the Touraine-Amboise wine region . The neighboring municipalities of Limeray are Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes in the north and north-west, Cangey in the east and north-east, Mosnes in the east and south-east, Chargé in the south and south-east and Pocé-sur-Cisse in the west and south-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |||||
| Residents | 855 | 896 | 886 | 910 | 972 | 945 | 1,055 | 1,246 | |||||
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Saturnin Church
- former Palace of Justice
- Moncé Castle and Monastery
- Mill Moncé
- Avisé mansion
- Le Plessis Castle
Saturnin Church
former Palace of Justice
Moncé Castle
Mill Moncé
Archbishop Theophan's tomb
Personalities
- The Russian Orthodox Archbishop Theophan (Bystrow) (1875-1940) died in Limeray and is buried in the local cemetery.
Community partnerships
A partnership has existed with the French town of Kientzheim , part of the municipality of Kaysersberg Vignoble , in the Haut-Rhin department, since 1999.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 60-63.
