Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet

Le Pont -Chrétien - Chabenet is a commune with 932 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Indre in the Centre region; it belongs to the district of the canton of Châteauroux and Argenton -sur- Creuse.

Le Pont -Chrétien - Chabenet located in the south of the department in the landscape Boischaut -Sud. Châteauroux is 31 km away, Argenton -sur -Creuse 6 km. The municipality consists of the two places Le Pont -Chrétien and Chabenet. By the municipality flow the Creuse and the Bouzanne that opens in Le Pont -Chrétien - Chabenet in the Creuse.

Neighboring communities of Le Pont -Chrétien - Chabenet are: Chasseneuil in the north, Tendu in the Northeast, Saint -Marcel in the southeast and Thenay in the southwest.

History

Le Pont -Chrétien - Chabenet belonged from 1790 to 1912 to Saint -Marcel and is only since regaining independence.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Used Le Petit Broutet, a noble residence from the Middle Ages and since the 1960s owned by the municipality and as Mairie
  • Priory and church of Notre -Dame ( perhaps from the 12th century )
  • The quarries along the Bouzanne
  • The Chabenet Castle ( 1471 completed ) with 14 towers and a donjon, 1635, the fortifications were demolished in part, to Richelieu's arrangement; after frequent changes of ownership in the 20th century since 2000 owned by Hapimag.
  • The railway viaduct from the year 1848-1853, the following a 1040 meter long tunnel on the line Paris - crosses the valley of the Bouzanne Toulouse.
  • Unique in France " Pont couvert ", a covered wooden bridge over the Bouzanne, which was built to support the construction work at either the railway or to the owners of the Château de Chabenet to his domain ( approximately 2000 hectares between Chabenet and Roche Rolles ) better to be able to manage ( Monument historique since 1992).
  • This former mill of the Château de Chabenet at the Bouzanne below the castle.

The church of Notre -Dame

The Chabenet Castle

The Chabenet Castle

The railway bridge

The Pont couvert

The Pont couvert

Centre (French region) Arrondissement Cantons of France Postal codes in France Argenton-sur-Creuse Creuse (river) Tendu, Indre Saint-Marcel (Indre) Thenay (Indre) Keep
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