Saint-Jean-de-Braye

Saint -Jean -de- Braye is a commune with 19,257 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the Loiret in the Centre region. The municipality is part of the Arrondissement of Orléans and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the Canton of Saint -Jean -de- Braye.

Geography

Saint -Jean -de- Braye is located east of Orléans on the banks of the Loire. The municipality is part of the Val de Loire, since 2000 a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Saint -Jean -de- Braye Saint- Denis -en -Val is surrounded by the municipalities Semoy in the north, Marigny- les -Usages and Boigny -sur- Bionne in the northeast, Chécy and Combleux in the east, the south, Saint -Jean- le- Blanc in the southwest and Orléans in the West.

Twinning

  • Pfullendorf, Baden -Wuerttemberg, Germany, since 1987
  • Boussouma, Burkina Faso, since 1991
  • March, Cambridgeshire ( United Kingdom), since 1982
  • Tuchów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, since 2000

Demographics

Attractions

  • Church of Saint -Jean -Baptiste 1143-1147 built in Gothic style, since 1910 Monument historique
  • Windmill from 1872, as a technical monument monument historique since 1993
  • Château de Charbonnière
  • Château du Clos -de -Saint -Loup with a Romanesque chapel
  • Château de Coquille
  • Château de Miramion
  • Château de la Fosse Belaude
  • Château de la motte Saint Euverte

Personalities

  • Lupus of Sens (* 573 ), the Abbey to house his remains
  • André Le Nôtre (1613-1700), garden and landscape architect of Louis XIV
  • Jacques d' Allonville de Louville (1671-1732), Astronomer
  • Gaspard Louis Langeron (1772-1858), General
  • Henri Gaudier- Brzeska (1891-1915), painter and sculptor
  • Norbert Dufourcq (1904-1990), organist and musicologist
Centre (French region) Cantons of France Postal codes in France France
701419
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