Saint-Avertin

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Saint-Avertin
Saint-Avertin coat of arms
Saint-Avertin (France)
Saint-Avertin
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Tours
Canton Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
Community association Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Coordinates 47 ° 22 '  N , 0 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '  N , 0 ° 44'  E
height 46-98 m
surface 13.25 km 2
Residents 15,025 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,134 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 37550
INSEE code 37208
Website www.ville-saint-avertin.fr/

Saint-Avertin town hall

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Saint-Avertin is a French commune with 15,025 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Indre-et-Loire department of the Center-Val de Loire region . It belongs to the Arrondissement Tours and there since 2015 to the canton of Saint-Pierre-des-Corps . The inhabitants call themselves Saint-Avertinois .

geography

The municipality is located in the Loire Valley around three kilometers southeast of Tours city ​​center on the banks of the Cher River . Saint-Avertin is a banlieue of Tours. In the north the municipality borders on Saint-Pierre-des-Corps , in the east on Larçay , in the south on Chambray-lès-Tours and in the west on Tours.

history

Since the 9th century, the place has appeared as the property of the Abbey of Saint-Martin. Originally it was known under the name Venciacum . Henry II of England had a bridge built over the Cher here in 1162. The current name goes back to the holy Avertin of Tours (English Aberdeen). During the revolutionary years the place was called Vençay .

Attractions

  • Château de Cangé

  • Church Saint-Pierre in Saint-Avertin

  • Château de Cangé, built in the 13th century
  • Church Saint-Pierre in the 12th and 15th centuries
  • Château de la Camusière
  • Château de Beaugaillard
  • Manoir de la Grand'Cour
  • Manoir de la Singerie
  • Manoir de Paradis
  • Manoir de la Sagerie
  • Manoir des Gougets

Town twinning

Since 1980 there has been a town partnership with Steinbach am Taunus .

There have been friendly relations with Mondim de Basto (Portugal) since 2003 and with Killarney (Ireland) since 2008 .

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 1179-1187.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Avertin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [Relations Internationales website of the congregation - Relations Internationales], accessed on November 5, 2017