Vallères

Vallères (formerly also called Avalleria and in documents Vales -sur -Touraine ) is a commune in the Indre- et- Loire in the Centre region with an area of 1472 acres and 1126 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011). The village lies on a plateau at an altitude of 81 m between the Loire and its tributary Indre near the river Cher Vieux (or Boudre ) and is surrounded by forests and vineyards. The distance to the city of Tours in the East is 26 km. The municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park Loire -Anjou- Touraine.

History

Archaeological finds in the hallways Boissières and La Salle are evidence of a settlement in Gallo-Roman and Merovingian times. The first dwellings emerged at the foot of the slope near banks of the Loire, where caves and cave dwellings can be found. Later Vallères was a dependent of Villandry fief, the church belonged to the Abbey of Saint -Julien in Tours.

Attractions

• Church of Saint- Medard ( church tower and sacristy 12th century, late Gothic choir 14th century nave 1852/62 updated)
• Ruins of the fortified, originally backed by rock-hewn trenches and two drawbridges Fouchault castle (15th century), the construction of the road from Tours to Saumur had to give way in 1830 and was largely demolished.
• Manoir du Vau (16th century)
• Manoir de l' Artivière ( 18th/19th c.)

Economy

Sources of income, as almost everywhere in the so-called "Garden of Touraine ," the cultivation of wine, fruit and vegetables, as well as watercress, also the pig. Resident at the place are a distillery and a sawmill.

Others

The Feast of the brotherhood of winemakers or " Confrérie de Saint -Vincent " takes place every year on the first Sunday in February instead, the so-called festival of chestnuts and wild geese, or " Festival of chataignes et bernaches " on the 3rd Sunday in October, the Municipal approximately by mid-July to mid-August in Fouchault. The area offers opportunity to exercise their hunting and fishing enthusiasts and hiking.