Bloisian (''Blésois'' in French) is a natural region of France located around the city of

Blois Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours. With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the ...

( Loir-et-Cher). This term also refers to the locals living there. Historically, Bloisian was part of the

County of Blois The County of Blois was a feudal principality centred on Blois, south of Paris, France. It was created just after king Clovis I conquered Roman Gaul around AD 500. Between the 8th and the 13th centuries, it was amongst the most powerful vassal ...

, and from 1498 part of the Orléanais province.

Situation

This natural region is located in the center of the Loir-et-Cher department. With Val de Loire orléanais, Val de Loire tourangeau and Val d'Anjou, it is part of a larger natural region called Val de Loire. Bloisian is between the following natural regions: * In the North,

Beauce Beauce may refer to: * Beauce, France, a natural region in northern France * Beaucé, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France * Beauce, Quebec, an historical and cultural region of Canada ** Beauce (electoral district), a fed ...

and Val de Loire orléanais; * In the East,

Sologne Sologne (; ) is a natural region in Centre-Val de Loire, France, extending over portions of the departements of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher and Cher. Its area is about . To its north is the river Loire, to its south the river Cher, while the distr ...

; * In the South, Val de Loire tourangeau; * In the East, Gâtine tourangelle.

Terminology

The word “Bloisian” comes from the city of

, whose name was firstly given by

Romans Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

to the surroundings as ''

pagus In ancient Rome, the Latin word (plural ) was an administrative term designating a rural subdivision of a tribal territory, which included individual farms, villages (), and strongholds () serving as refuges, as well as an early medieval geogra ...

'' ''Blesensi'', and seems to derivate itself from the

celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

word ''bleiz'', meaning “

wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly un ...

”. As a result, Bloisian was originally the “land of wolves”, even though this animal disappeared in this region. By analogy, this refers to a local

dialect The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena: One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a ...

too. The French term is “Blésois”, but the former “Blaisois” was once correct, but it has to be avoided since it can be confused with the Blaise river surroundings.

Local wild fauna

Aalscholver - Great Cormorant (15380885176).jpg, Anas platyrhynchos male female quadrat.jpg, Castor fiber vistulanus2.jpg, Salamandre tachetée-cadrage.png, Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis.jpg, Red Deers on a path in a forest of Haute-Normandie.jpg, Ardea cinerea 2 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg, Chevreuil repos.jpg, Mute swans (Cygnus olor) and cygnets.jpg, Erinaceus europaeus (Linnaeus, 1758).jpg, Дві сови на гілці.jpg,

References

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