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Langeais | |
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Location of Langeais  | |
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| Coordinates:47°19′36″N0°24′25″E / 47.3267°N 0.4069°E /47.3267; 0.4069 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Chinon |
| Canton | Langeais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2023–2026) | Fabrice Ruel[1] |
Area 1 | 64.55 km2 (24.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,370 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37123 /37130 |
| Elevation | 36–109 m (118–358 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Langeais (French pronunciation:[lɑ̃ʒɛ]ⓘ) is acommune in theIndre-et-Loiredepartment in centralFrance. On 1 January 2017, the former commune ofLes Essards was merged into Langeais.[3]
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Langeais has a church of the 11th, 12th and 15th centuries, but is chiefly interesting for itslarge and historic château built soon after the middle of the 15th century byJean Bourré, minister ofLouis XI. Here the marriage ofCharles VIII andAnne of Brittany took place in 1491. In the park, are the ruins of a keep of late 10th century architecture, built byFulk Nerra (Black Hawk in old French), count ofAnjou.[6]
Langeais is served by theA85 autoroute.
Langeais is twinned with:
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