Seuilly

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Seuilly
Seuilly (France)
Seuilly
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Quinone
Canton Quinone
Community association Chinon, Vienne et Loire
Coordinates 47 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′  N , 0 ° 10 ′  E
height 43-117 m
surface 15.73 km 2
Residents 359 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 37500
INSEE code
Website http://www.seuilly.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Seuilly

Seuilly is a French municipality with 359 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Chinon and the Canton of Chinon . The inhabitants are called Sullaciens .

geography

Seuilly is about seven kilometers southwest of Chinon . The Négron River runs along the eastern municipal boundary . Seuilly is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cinais in the north, La Roche-Clermault in the east and northeast, Marçay in the east and southeast, Beuxes in the south and southeast, Vézières in the south and southwest, Lerné in the west and Thizay in the northwest.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2014
404 358 331 338 366 369 370 353
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Priory of Seuilly (also: Abtei Seuilly), founded in 1100, closed in 1736, monument historique since 1948
  • François Rabelais Museum in La Devinière, the presumed birthplace
  • Le Coudray-Montpensier Castle
  • Chavigny Castle, built between 1638 and 1646

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 480-483.

Web links

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