Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Quinone | |
| Canton | Château-Renault | |
| Community association | Gâtine et Choisilles-Pays de Racan | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 30 ' N , 0 ° 38' E | |
| height | 60-127 m | |
| surface | 24.23 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,720 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 71 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37360 | |
| INSEE code | 37206 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-antoine-du-rocher.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher |
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Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher is a French commune with a population of 1,720 (as at 1st January 2017) in Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Chinon and the canton of Château-Renault (until 2015: canton of Neuillé-Pont-Pierre ). The inhabitants are called Rocantoniens .
geography
Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher is about twelve kilometers north-northwest of Tours . Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Rouziers-en-Touraine in the north, Cerelles in the east, Chanceaux-sur-Choisille in the southeast, Mettray in the south, Charentilly in the west and southwest and Semblançay in the west.
The A28 autoroute runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 719 | 660 | 679 | 818 | 924 | 1096 | 1252 | 1722 |
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Attractions
- Dolmen de la Grotte aux Fées
- Saint-Antoine church
- Saint-Antoine chapel
- Le Plessis Castle
Personalities
- Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps (1824–1873), landscape architect and gardener
- Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953), writer, lived from 1929 to around 1937 at Le Plessis Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 1034-1038.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher - Collection of images, videos and audio files
