Rivarennes (Indre-et-Loire)

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Rivarennes
Rivarennes (France)
Rivarennes
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Tours
Canton Quinone
Community association Touraine Vallée de l'Indre
Coordinates 47 ° 16 '  N , 0 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '  N , 0 ° 21'  E
height 36-121 m
surface 18.92 km 2
Residents 1,004 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 53 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 37190
INSEE code
Website http://www.mairie-rivarennes-37.fr/index.php

Rivarennes is a French commune with 1,004 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Tours and the Canton of Chinon (until 2015: Canton Azay-le-Rideau ). The inhabitants are called Rivarennais .

geography

Rivarennes lies in the Touraine on the Indre , which forms the northern municipal boundary. Rivarennes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bréhémont in the north, Azay-le-Rideau in the east, Panzoult in the south and south-east, Cravant-les-Côteaux in the south, Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt in the west and southwest and Rigny-Ussé in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 674 725 723 687 712 713 802 1004
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church from the 11th century
  • Poire Tapee Museum (so-called Poiré Tapée , "knocked pears", pears dried in the oven, a local specialty)
Saint-Pierre church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 127-131.

Web links

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