Saint-Jean-de-Braye
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loiret | |
| Arrondissement | Orleans | |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-de-Braye (main town) | |
| Community association | Orléans metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 55 ' N , 1 ° 58' E | |
| height | 95-127 m | |
| surface | 13.7 km 2 | |
| Residents | 20,751 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,515 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 45800 | |
| INSEE code | 45284 | |
| Website | www.saintjeandebraye.fr | |
 Fountain in front of the Mairie of Saint-Jean-de-Braye |
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Saint-Jean-de-Braye is a French municipality with 20,751 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Orléans and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Saint-Jean-de-Braye .
geography
Saint-Jean-de-Braye is east of Orléans on the banks of the Loire . The municipality is part of the Loire Valley , a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. Saint-Jean-de-Braye is surrounded by the municipalities of Semoy in the north, Marigny-les-Usages and Boigny-sur-Bionne in the northeast, Chécy and Combleux in the east, Saint-Denis-en-Val in the south, Saint-Jean- le-Blanc in the southwest and Orléans in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 6,619 | 7,601 | 12,120 | 13,318 | 16,387 | 17,758 | 18,692 | 20,751 |
Attractions
- Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste 1143-1147 in the Gothic style built since 1910 historique Monument
- "Éolienne Bollée " wind turbine from 1872, as a technical monument Monument historique since 1993
- Château de Charbonnière
- Château du Clos-de-Saint-Loup with a Romanesque chapel
- Château de Coquille
- Château de Miramion
- Château de la Fosse Belaude
- Château de la motte Saint Euverte
Town twinning
- Pfullendorf , Baden-Württemberg, Germany , since 1987
- Boussouma , Burkina Faso , since 1991
- March , Cambridgeshire, UK , since 1982
- formerly Tuchów , Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland , since 2000, terminated in 2019 in protest against a homophobic resolution by the Polish city
Personalities
- André Le Nôtre (1613–1700), garden and landscape architect of Louis XIV.
- Jacques d'Allonville de Louville (1671-1732), astronomer
- Gaspard Louis Langeron (1772-1858), General
- Albert Guyot (1881–1947), entrepreneur and racing driver
- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891–1915), painter and sculptor
- Norbert Dufourcq (1904–1990), organist and musicologist
Web links
Commons : Saint-Jean-de-Braye - Collection of images, videos and audio files
