Country France Department Indre-et-Loire Population (2009) 1,754 Area 3.48 km² | Region Centre-Val de Loire Canton L'Île-Bouchard Time zone CET (UTC+1) Arrondissement Chinon | |
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L'Île-Bouchard is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Map of 37220 L'%C3%8Ele-Bouchard, France
From 8 to 14 December 1947, L'Île-Bouchard was the site of Marian apparitions. Four girls aged 7 to 12 reported having seen the Virgin Mary and the archangel Gabriel. The site was declared an official pilgrimage of the diocese of Tours on 8 December 2001 by the archbishop Monseigneur André Vingt-Trois. Since 1999, priests and lay persons from Emmanuel Community have been in charge of the pilgrims.
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