Saint-Symphorien (Tours)

Saint-Symphorien is a district of the city of Tours in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Center-Val de Loire region in France .

history

During the French Wars of Religion , the area of ​​what would later become Saint-Symphorien was the scene of a battle between the troops of Duke Charles de Mayenne and those of Henry III. and Henry of Navarre .

The place arose as a parish of a church consecrated to St. Symphorianus of Autun in front of the walls of the city of Tours and was raised to a community ( commune ) in 1790 .

Around 1960 began the urbanization of the until then rural community, in the course of which Saint-Symphorien, which then had 11,437 inhabitants, was incorporated into the city of Tours in 1962.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 1351-1357.

Personalities

In Saint-Symphorien a. a. Charles Maurras (1868–1952), one of the masterminds of French nationalism and fascism. The sons and daughters of Saint-Symphorien include: a .:

• Alain de Benoist (* 1943), political scientist and thought leader of the New Right ( Nouvelle Droite )
• Didier Migaud (* 1952), politician ( PS )
• Catherine Colonna (* 1956), politician ( UMP )
• Bernard Lama (born 1963), football player

Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '  N , 0 ° 42'  E