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The arrondissement of Loches is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, 1,803.4 km 2 (696.3 sq mi), but the one with fewest people living in it with 50,740 inhabitants. [3] Composition [ change | change source ]
The arrondissement of Loches is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 112 communes. Its population is 118,282 (2016), and its area is 2,742.5 km 2 (1,058.9 sq mi). Composition. The communes of the arrondissement of Loches, and their INSEE codes, are:
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Categories: commune of France and locality. Location: Arrondissement of Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 47.1282° or 47° 7' 41" north. Longitude. 0.998° or 0° 59' 53" east.
The arrondissement of Loches is an arrondissement of France in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 112 communes.[2] Its population is 118,282 , and its area is 2,742.5 km2 .[3]
Loches (the Roman Leucae) grew up around a monastery founded about 500 by St. Ours and belonged to the Counts of Anjou from 886 until 1205. In the latter year it was seized from King John of England by Philip Augustus, and from the middle of the 13th century until after the time of Charles IX of France the castle was a residence of the kings of France, apart for a brief interlude in 1424 when ...
Since its creation, the Indre-et-Loire department has had few changes: [4] 1790 : creation of the department with seven districts: Tours, Amboise, Château-Renault, Loches, Chinon, Preuilly and Langeais; the capital was Tours. 1800 : creation of three arrondissements: Chinon, Loches and Tours. 1926 : the arrondissement of Loches was eliminated.
Understand. Located at the heart of the Loire Valley, land of many castles, the charming town of Loches is classed as one of the most beautiful sites in France ("Plus Beaux Détours de France") and a "Town of Art and History". This citadel town, whose story goes back a thousand years, has an amazing medieval castle within its walls.
