Langeais

Langeais (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃ʒɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Les Essards was merged into Langeais.^[3]

Langeais
Commune
Château de Langeais
Coat of arms
Location of Langeais
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Coordinates: 47°19′36″N 0°24′25″E
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.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,216 —     1800 2,205 −0.07% 1806 2,239 +0.26% 1821 2,499 +0.74% 1831 2,840 +1.29% 1836 3,057 +1.48% 1841 3,138 +0.52% 1846 3,565 +2.58% 1851 3,307 −1.49% 1856 3,234 −0.45% 1861 3,381 +0.89% 1866 3,604 +1.29% 1872 3,450 −0.73% 1876 3,463 +0.09% 1881 3,517 +0.31% 1886 3,446 −0.41% 1891 3,365 −0.47% 1896 3,309 −0.34%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,371 +0.37% 1906 3,550 +1.04% 1911 3,467 −0.47% 1921 3,441 −0.08% 1926 3,450 +0.05% 1931 3,455 +0.03% 1936 3,400 −0.32% 1946 3,511 +0.32% 1954 3,652 +0.49% 1962 3,849 +0.66% 1968 3,907 +0.25% 1975 3,902 −0.02% 1982 4,142 +0.86% 1990 3,960 −0.56% 1999 3,865 −0.27% 2007 4,132 +0.84% 2012 4,309 +0.84% 2017 4,666 +1.60%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Sights

Langeais has a church of the 11th, 12th and 15th centuries, but is chiefly interesting for its large and historic château built soon after the middle of the 15th century by Jean Bourré, minister of Louis XI. Here the marriage of Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany took place in 1491. In the park, are the ruins of a keep of late 10th century architecture, built by Fulk Nerra (Black Hawk in old French), count of Anjou.^[6]

Transportation

Langeais is served by the A85 autoroute.

International relations

Langeais is twinned with:

• Eppstein, Germany
• Gondar, Portugal