Sorigny | |
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.JPG) The church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, in Sorigny | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sorigny | |
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| Coordinates:47°14′33″N0°41′46″E / 47.2425°N 0.6961°E /47.2425; 0.6961 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Tours |
| Canton | Monts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Alain Esnault[1] |
Area 1 | 43.43 km2 (16.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,877 |
| • Density | 66.24/km2 (171.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37250 /37250 |
| Elevation | 68–123 m (223–404 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sorigny (French pronunciation:[sɔʁiɲi]ⓘ) is aFrench commune in theIndre-et-Loiredepartment,Centre-Val de Loire.
Sorigny has beentwinned with the village ofBox, inWiltshire, Great Britain, since 2016.
It is a parish that was confirmed in March 1031 by a charter ofRobert II of France. It was formerly divided into twofiefs.
The municipal hydrographic network, with a total length of 31.09 km, includes two notable rivers, the Bourdin (3.075 km) and the Montison (2.731 km), and ten small rivers that flow at certain times.
The Bourdin, with a total length of 14.8 km, rises in the commune ofLouans and flows into theIndre atVeigné after crossing five communes.
Transport in Sorigny is managed by theCentre-Val de Loire region and trains are operated byTransdev Touraine on the Rémi rail network. There are links betweenTours and Sorigny via lines G, H, H1 and H2.
In 2018, the commune planned to establish a "brand village" on 20 hectares of its territory, near theA10 autoroute. Sorigny belongs to the Touraine Indre Valley community of towns (Communauté de communes Touraine Vallée de l'Indre).
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