Sepmes

Sepmes
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Loches
Canton	Descartes
Community association	Loches Sud Touraine
Coordinates	47 ° 4 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′  N , 0 ° 40 ′  E
height	60-119 m
surface	28.59 km 2
Residents	630 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	37800
INSEE code	37247
Website	http://www.mairiedesepmes.fr/

Sepmes is a French municipality with 630 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Loches and the Canton of Descartes . The inhabitants are called Sepmois .

geography

Sepmes is about 35 kilometers south of Tours . Sepmes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine in the north and north-west, Bossée in the north-east, Bournan in the east, Civray-sur-Esves in the south and south-east, Marcé-sur-Esves in the south and south-west and Draché in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	746	655	547	519	598	645	642	660
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Notre-Dame church

• Notre-Dame church, Monument historique since 2010
• Sepmes Castle from the 16th century, monument historique since 1977
• La Roche-Ploquin Castle, originally from the 13th century, alterations from the 15th and 18th centuries

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 526-528.

Web links

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