Sandillon

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Sandillon
Sandillon Coat of Arms
Sandillon (France)
Sandillon
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Loiret
Arrondissement Orleans
Canton Saint-Jean-le-Blanc
Community association Loges
Coordinates 47 ° 51 '  N , 2 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '  N , 2 ° 2'  E
height 95-121 m
surface 41.31 km 2
Residents 3,971 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 96 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 45640
INSEE code
Website http://www.sandillon.fr/

The Loire near Sandillon (UNESCO World Heritage)

Sandillon is a French municipality with 3971 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement Orléans and is part of the canton of Saint-Jean-le-Blanc (until 2015: Jargeau ). The inhabitants call themselves Sandillonnais (es) .

geography

Sandillon is located on the Loire in the countryside Sologne , about 12 kilometers east of Orléans , making it part of the UNESCO - World Heritage Val de Loire . The Dhuy River runs through the south of the municipality . Sandillon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bou in the north, Darvoy and Jargeau in the north-east, Férolles in the east, Vienne-en-Val in the south-east, Marcilly-en-Villette in the south, Saint-Cyr-en-Val in the west and south-west, Jean- le-Blanc to the west and Saint-Denis-en-Val to the northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 1,393 1,440 1,744 2,562 3,000 3,405 3,578 3,908

Attractions

Saint-Aignan church
  • Saint-Aignan church, built in 1861 after the Saint-Patrice church was destroyed in 1835
  • Champvallins Castle from the 16th and 19th centuries
  • Gamereau Castle from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries
  • Puchesse Castle from the 19th century with the chapel from 1640
  • La Porte domain from the 18th century
  • Petit-Marmogne estate from the 16th century
  • 19th century estate Diot
  • Ruins of the Métaire des Chanoines , Isabelle Devouton's house
  • 19th century Gabereau, Mongy and Closeux estates
  • Reminder stele Maquis de Samatha to the Resistance in World War II

Personalities

  • Isabelle Devouton , also: Isabelle Romée (1377–1458), mother of Jeanne d'Arc (Johanna von Orléans)

Web links

Commons : Sandillon  - collection of images, videos and audio files