Preuilly-sur-Claise
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Loches | |
| Canton | Descartes | |
| Community association | Loches Sud Touraine | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 51 ′ N , 0 ° 56 ′ E | |
| height | 67-137 m | |
| surface | 12.00 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,003 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 84 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37290 | |
| INSEE code | 37189 | |
Preuilly-sur-Claise is a commune with 1,003 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Loches and the Canton of Descartes .
Preuilly-sur-Claise is located in the far west of the Touraine on the borders of Bas-Berry and Poitou . The districts are: La Berjaudière, Les Blanchards, La Chatrie, Les Chauvraux, Les Chirons, La Grange au Moine, Maupertuis, La Parentière, Le Pontreau, Pouplouroux, La Presle, Saint-Michel-du-Bois (incorporated in 1814) and La Touche south of the Claise and Champeaux, Les Effes, La Fichardière, La Folie, Fontbaudry, Les Martinières, Le Pouet, Les Ragots and Les Vigneaux north of the river. Neighboring municipalities of Preuilly-sur-Claise are: Boussay in the west, Le Petit-Pressigny in the north-west, Charnizay in the north, Bossay-sur-Claise in the east, Yzeures-sur-Creuse in the south, and Boussay in the south-west.
Population development
- 1962: 1,506
- 1968: 1,579
- 1975: 1,603
- 1982: 1,553
- 1990: 1,427
- 1999: 1,290
- 2006: 1,120
- 2012: 1,048
Attractions
- Château des Lions (19th century)
- old wicket door in the city wall ( Monument historique )
- Castle ruins (12th century)
- neoclassical Château de Fontbaudry (18th century, Monument historique)
- Hôtel de La Rallière (17th century, Monument historique)
- Town hall (19th century)
- former town hall (16th century, Monument historique)
- Hôtel de La Mothe (17th century, monument historique)
- Manoir de Pouët (Monument historique)
- former Calvinist preacher center (16th century)
- former canons' houses (15th century)
- Saint-Pierre abbey church (12th century, Monument historique)
- former Notre-Dame-des-Échelles church (11th century, Monument historique)
- Ruins of the Saint-Melaine collegiate church (12th century, Monument historique)
- All Saints Chapel (Chapelle de Tous-les-Saints, 15th century, Monument historique)
- Ruins of the Saint-Nicolas church (12th century)
former town hall (1596), rue Saint-Pierre
Saint Pierre Abbey Church
Saint Pierre Abbey Church
Rue des Pavilion
Personalities
- Anne Dacier (1647–1720), philologist and translator, born in Preuilly-sur-Claise
- Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1730–1807), diplomat and politician, Baron de Preuilly
- Camille Fily (1887–1918), racing cyclist
See also
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 1106-1118.
