Chaumont-sur-Loire

Chaumont- sur -Loire is a commune with 1075 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Loir -et -Cher in the Centre region; it belongs to the district of Blois and the Canton of Mont Richard.

The houses of the village of Chaumont stand in a long row along the banks of the Loire. Furthermore, situated on a steep slope, Chaumont castle forms a slot-like statements. The place name is derived from " Calvus Mons ", meaning " bald mountain " is and since 1144 was used in this form until the 15th century.

History

In the Middle Ages Chaumont- sur -Loire belonged to the diocese of Chartres. The Chaumont castle was in the feudal era of great importance for the counts of Blois, but fell by marriage early to the house of Amboise and should remain for five centuries in its possession.

1465 was Louis XI. grind the castle in the fight against the monarchy, the great feudal lords. After the owner, Pierre d' Amboise, had done a public apology, he was allowed to build the castle again. But only his descendants completed early 16th century the building.

1560 acquired Caterina de ' Medici, the castle and forced Diane de Poitiers to exchange it for Chenonceau Castle. Later owners were Henri de La Tour d' Auvergne, the banker Scipione Sardini, the Duke of Beauvilliers, and finally Bertin of Vaugyen, who sold it in 1750 to Jacques Le Ray. The installed a glass and ceramic manufacture and produced in the workshops, inter alia, Terracotta medallions.

In 1875 the married with a prince de Broglie heiress of a wealthy manufacturer of the castle. The couple drove great effort to restore the castle comprehensive and to provide a reflection of courtly life. The village benefited from: 1882, the church was rebuilt, and the residents received large donations. 1938 Chaumont castle but was sold to the French State.

Demographic development

Attractions

• Chaumont castle and stables: this one crosses the scale of Henri Duchêne park. In the building are, inter alia, the rooms of the two rivals Catherine de Medici and Diane de Poitiers and lined with Spanish tiles from the 17th century council chamber of interest.
• International Garden Festival of Chaumont: the housed in the belonging to the castle homestead horticulture school organized since 1992 every year from mid-June to mid-October, the garden show with around 30 of landscape gardeners from different countries landscaped plots.
• Shore road: It is located on a dike beneath the castle; her lined up on both sides of the pretty houses of the village. On the banks themselves are some traditional Loire boats that serve today only for tourist purposes.