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Langeais

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Indre-et-Loire

Population (2013)
  
4,341

Area
  
60.38 km²

Arrondissement
  
Chinon

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Langeais

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Sunday 1:03 PM

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Weather
  
14°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 72% Humidity

Langeais is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Les Essards was merged into Langeais.

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Map of 37130 Langeais, France

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Sights

Langeais has a church of the 11th, 12th and 15th centuries, but is chiefly interesting for its large and historic château built soon after the middle of the 15th century by Jean Bourré, minister of Louis XI. Here the marriage of Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany took place in 1491. In the park, are the ruins of a keep of late 10th century architecture, built by Fulk Nerra (Black Hawk in old French), count of Anjou.

Transportation

Langeais is served by the A85 autoroute.

International relations

Langeais is twinned with:

  • Eppstein, Germany
  • Gondar, Portugal
  • References

    Langeais Wikipedia