Malesherbes
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local community | Le Malesherbois | |
region | Center-Val de Loire | |
Department | Loiret | |
Arrondissement | Pithiviers | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 18 ' N , 2 ° 24' E | |
Post Code | 45330 | |
Former INSEE code | 45191 | |
Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
status | Commune déléguée | |
Website | http://www.ville-malesherbes.fr | |
Saint Martin Church |
Malesherbes is a village and a former French commune with 6,047 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the far north of the Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Pithiviers and the Canton of Malesherbes .
With effect from January 1, 2016, Malesherbes was merged with the former municipalities of Coudray , Labrosse , Mainvilliers , Manchecourt , Nangeville and Orveau-Bellesauve to form the Commune nouvelle Le Malesherbois and has since exercised the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality .
location
Malesherbes is about 15 km northeast of Pithiviers , on the banks of the Essonne River .
Attractions
- Church Saint-Martin with a grave lay in the 16th century
- Rouville Castle, built in the 15th century by Hector de Boissy
- The Malesherbes Castle (formerly called Bois-Malesherbes) from the end of the 15th century; some French kings have stayed here, including Charles V , Henry IV. and Louis XIV. (see also: Pigeon tower Château de Malesherbes , Monument historique )
On January 1, 2016, the municipality of Malesherbes merged with Coudray , Labrosse , Mainvilliers , Manchecourt , Nangeville and Orveau-Bellesauve to form the new municipality of Le Malesherbois.
Twin cities
Malesherbes' German twin town has been Bruck in the Upper Palatinate since 1996 .
Personalities
- Chrétien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721–1794), French politician
- Jean Billard (1893–1968), surgeon, Resistance fighter , Knight of the Legion of Honor
- The Balzac d'Entragues family
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bruck in der Oberpfalz : twin town Malesherbes. Accessed on May 23, 2011.