Saint-Laurent-Nouan
Saint- Laurent- Nouan is a French town with 4227 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Loir -et -Cher in the Centre region. It belongs to the community association Communauté de communes du Pays de Chambord. It is twinned with Winnweiler in Germany.
Geography
Saint- Laurent- Nouan, approximately 25 kilometers southwest of Orléans on the Loire. Here ends the left tributary Ardoux.
History
1971 formed the old communes of Saint -Laurent -des- Eaux and Nouan -sur -Loire, the new town of Saint -Laurent- Nouan. The origin of the two old municipalities located in Gallo-Roman times.
In the Middle Ages, Saint -Laurent -des- Eaux belonged to Beaugency. The place was visited by celebrities, 1307 and 1313 by Philip IV of France, in 1429 by Joan of Arc and 1483 by Charles VIII of France. Louis XIV met there in 1659 Jean -Baptiste Gaston de Bourbon, duc d' Orléans.
The Château de Bois Renard in Nouan -sur -Loire is inhabited by the family Bodin de Bois Renard since the 14th century. In the 17th century, this family presented the manager of the Chateau de Chambord.
Until the establishment of a railway junction on the other side of the Loire were Saint -Laurent -des- Eaux and Nouan -sur -Loire very busy places, because the important road from Paris to Bordeaux went there, and there was at St. James. Messages were transported on horseback before the establishment of the railway. Located in Saint -Laurent- Nouan there were post stations.
In 1963, the nuclear power plant Saint -Laurent were built and the town which it expanded again.
From 1793 to 1872 increased the population, then they took off until 1954. Since 1968, the population increases markedly.
Attractions
The church of Saint Aignan in the district Nouan was built in the 10th century. Has been preserved from that time only the nave. In the 12th century, the choir, the apse and the bell tower was built.
The coaching inn Auberge de l' Image was rebuilt in the 18th century and still shows traces of a building from the 16th century ( beams and arches on the street) and 17th century ( staircase and entrance of the stables). In the 20th century the building was restored, it is privately owned.