Valençay
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre | |
| Arrondissement | Chateauroux | |
| Canton | Valençay (main town) | |
| Community association | Écueillé-Valençay | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 10 ′ N , 1 ° 34 ′ E | |
| height | 91-154 m | |
| surface | 41.59 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,367 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 57 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 36600 | |
| INSEE code | 36228 | |
 Valençay, view from the castle to the Saint-Martin church |
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Valençay is a French commune with 2,367 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Indre in the Region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Châteauroux and the Canton of Valençay .
location
The municipality on the border between the Touraine and the Berry covers 42.59 square kilometers. It is located above the Nahon River south of the national road 76 between Loches and Vatan at 81 to 154 m above sea level .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1120.
On the Castle Valençay that since 1803 the Prince Talleyrand belonged, lived Ferdinand VII. Of Spain 1808-13 in exile and joined there by Napoleon the contract he of 11 December 1813 in which the throne of Spain won again. In 1829 Valençay was raised to a duchy for Talleyrand.
In World War II Valençay suffered significant damage in August 1944th
Population development
- 1962: 2732
- 1968: 2754
- 1975: 2952
- 1982: 2947
- 1990: 2912
- 1999: 2736
- 2006: 2641
- 2012: 2577
Attractions
- Valençay Castle , owned by Talleyrand
- Musée de l'Automobile de Valençay (Automobile Museum), 12, avenue de la Résistance (on the outskirts towards Blois), around 60 vintage cars from 1898 to 1971
- Musée du sucre d'art (pastry museum), Jacky Chichery (maître pâtissier), 21, rue du Château
- Saint-Martin church (16th century, restored), 3-aisled, 15th century apse , bell tower built by Talleyrand based on the model of Vevey in Switzerland
- Chapelle castrale below the château
- Tomb of the statesman Talleyrand, in the crypt of the École libre
- Historic station building (Gare)
Valençay des Chemin de fer du Blanc-Argent station
town hall
Others
- Claude Chabrol shot the film Bloody Wedding (Les Noces rouges) in Valençay in 1972 .
- A specialty here is a pyramid-shaped soft cheese made from raw or pasteurized goat's milk, covered with rind ash and with mold on the outside, with the top of the pyramid cut off. It is made by hand in small farms. There is a legend about the shape of the cheese: It is said that Valençay used to be in the shape of a complete pyramid. But when Napoleon , coming from Egypt after his devastating defeat, stopped at Valençay Castle and saw the cheese that reminded him of the Egyptian pyramids, he drew his sword and chopped off the tip. More about cheese in the main article Valençay (cheese) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Valençay AOC goat cheese ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
