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| Coordinates:47°56′21″N2°58′54″E / 47.9392°N 2.9817°E /47.9392; 2.9817 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Loiret |
| Arrondissement | Montargis |
| Canton | Courtenay |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Patrick Moreau[1] |
Area 1 | 35.78 km2 (13.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,259 |
| • Density | 35.19/km2 (91.13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 45329 /45220 |
| Elevation | 112–192 m (367–630 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Triguères (French pronunciation:[tʁiɡɛʁ]) is acommune in theLoiretdepartment in north-centralFrance.
The commune is traversed by theOuanne River.
Standing on the path fromOrléans toTroyes - a major road from prehistoric times until the beginning of 19th century -, Triguères has provided many important prehistoric, Celtic and Roman remnants of its rich past.
In 1922 a largeMousterian site was discovered atLa Garenne. The artefacts found there, date from the end ofacheulean tradition (from 500,000 to 300,000 y.a.) to the end of mousterian (30,000 y.a.).[3]
A Celtic oppidum over 22 acres wide stood on the hill north of the river, surveilling the « chemin Perré » ("stone path") where flint stones were used according to the Celtic method, and not stone slabs as per the Roman method.[4]
Triguères is a choice candidate for being theVellaunodunum mentioned by Julius Caesar's inCommentarii de Bello Gallico.[4][5][6] The remnants of a large Gallo-Roman town were found in the 1850-1860, notably an amphitheatre,[4][Note 1] a cemetery in 1857,[7] a source sanctuary at the moulin du Chemin in 1858,[7][Note 2] Gallo-Roman villas atles Vallées andles Monts,[Note 3][Note 4] a Gallo-Roman temple,[4] an aqueduct and two public Roman baths.[4]
Greater Triguères entirely disappeared in 451 whenAttila passed through the valley, coming fromOrléans which he failed to take (his first major drawback in his campaign) and on his way to a full defeat at thebattle of the Catalaunian Plains.[4] Triguères waited for six centuries to start its rebirth, and it never recovered its former splendour.[7]
Saint Alpais of Cudot and his legend precede Triguères' rebuilding, along with the Christian expansion. Saint-Martin church dates back from the end of the 11th century.
The Chatelet house was built in 1550.
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