commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Loiret
Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in north-central
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.
It lies about south of Paris.
Geography
The town is located in the French natural region of the Loire Valley, the former province of Orleans and the urban area of Orleans.
It has a flat terrain with an altitude of about .
The maximum elevation is where the church stands, and the minimum of .
Its territory is included in the southern part of the
Paris Basin
The Paris Basin is one of the major geological regions of France. It developed since the Triassic over remnant uplands of the Variscan orogeny (Hercynian orogeny). The sedimentary basin, no longer a single drainage basin, is a large sag in th ...
and therefore has the basin's geological features.
The Loire flows along the north edge of town.
The river is mostly underground, which can cause circular bed collapses called ''Bîmes'', making the sandy shores unstable.
Like all cities located on the course of the Loire and in the southern Paris Basin, Jargeau is in
middle Loire
Middle or The Middle may refer to:
* Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits.
Places
* Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man
* Middle Bay (disambiguation)
* Middle Brook (disambiguation)
* Middle Creek ( ...
.
The Marmagne, a tributary of the Dhuy, runs through the southeastern area of the municipality.
Notable people
*
Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury
Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury, KG (13 June 13883 November 1428) of Bisham in Berkshire, was an English nobleman and one of the most important English commanders during the Hundred Years' War.
Origins
He was the eldest son of John Mont ...
(1388-1428), English commander who participated in taking Jargeau during the
Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagen ...
*
Drouet de Dammartin Drouet is a surname, and may refer to:
* Aristide Drouet (1903–1949), French cyclist
* Arnaud Drouet (born 1973), French short track speed skater
* Francis Elliott Drouet (1907–1982), American botanist and museum curator
* Jean-Baptiste Drou ...
or Dreux de Dammartin (died 1413), French sculptor and architect, ended his life in Jargeau.
*
Jean de Dammartin Jean de Dammartin or Jehan de Dammartin sometimes spelled Dampmartin (14th-century in Jargeau (former province of the Orléanais – 1454 in Tours) was a 15th-century French architect.
He was the son of Drouet de Dammartin and probably Guy de Dam ...
or Jehan de Dampmartin ( died 1453), French architect, born in Jargeau. The prime builder of the
Le Mans Cathedral
Le Mans Cathedral ( French: ''Cathédrale St-Julien du Mans'') is a Catholic church situated in Le Mans, France. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area around the ...
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...
(1412-1431) delivered the city from the English in 1429 and was assisted by her companions
Jean V de Bueil
Jean V de Bueil (after 17 August 1405 and before 18 August 1406 - 1478), called ''le Fléau des Anglais'' "plague of the English", count of Sancerre, viscount of Carentan, lord of Montrésor, Château-en-Anjou, Saint-Calais, Vaujours, Ussé and ...
Gilles de Rais
Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais (), was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later convi ...
(1404-1440) nicknamed Bluebeard,
Louis, Count of Vendôme
Louis de Bourbon (Louis I, Count of Vendôme) (1376 – December 21, 1446), younger son of John I, Count of La Marche and Catherine de Vendôme, was a French '' prince du sang'', as well as Count of Vendôme from 1393, and Count of Castres from 14 ...
(1376-1446), Ambroise de Loré (1395-1446).
** On the other side, the mercenary
Étienne de Vignolles
Étienne de Vignolles, Sieur de Montmorillon, Chatelain de Longueville (), also known as La Hire (; 1390 – 11 January 1443), was a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
Nickname
One explanation for his nickname of L ...
(1390-1443) and
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles (, 1390? – 7 October 1461), a minor noble of Gascon origin, was one of the chief lieutenants of Joan of Arc. He served as master of the royal stables, as royal bailiff in Berry and as seneschal of Limousin. In ...
(circa 1390-1461 ) also participated in the battle.
Jean de Dunois
Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois (23 November 1402 – 24 November 1468), known as the "Bastard of Orléans" (french: bâtard d'Orléans) or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in m ...
(1402-1468) joined the company of which he was captain to those of
Jean II, Duke of Alençon
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jea ...
, and commanded at the Battle of Jargeau. Captain
William de la Pole
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
, Duke of Suffolk (1396-1450) led the British troops occupying Jargeau.
* King
Louis XI of France
Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (french: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII.
Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revo ...
(1423-1483) signed the marriage contract of his eldest daughter Anne (1461-1522) and Pierre de Beaujeu (1438-1503) in 1473 at Jargeau.
*
Albert Viger
Albert Viger (19 October 1843 – 8 July 1926) was a French politician of the Third French Republic. He served three times as minister of agriculture in the governments of Alexandre Ribot, Charles Dupuy, Jean Casimir-Perier, Léon Bourgeois and H ...
(1843-1926), French politician, was born in Jargeau, MP and senator of Loiret, Minister of Agriculture under the Third Republic., commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
*
Louis-Oscar Roty
Louis-Oscar Roty usually known as Oscar Roty (11 June 1846 – 23 March 1911) was one of the most celebrated medallists of the Art Nouveau period.
Biography
Louis-Oscar Roty was born on 11 June 1846 in Paris. He first studied painting and sc ...
(1846-1911), French designer of coins and stamps, medal engraver. The museum and the Oscar Roty Foundation are located in Jargeau.
*
Jeanne Chauvin
Jeanne Chauvin (22 April 1862 – 7 September 1926) was the second woman to obtain a degree in law in France, in 1890. Her application to be sworn in as a lawyer was at first rejected, but after the law was changed in 1900 she was the second French ...
(1862–1926), the second woman to obtain a degree in law in France, and the second French woman to be authorized to plead at the bar, in 1900.
* Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967), French painter, spent his childhood in the town.
* Charles Genty (1876 - 1956), cartoonist, illustrator and painter, was born in Jargeau.
* Michel Regnier, Québécois director, cinematographer, editor and writer was born in Jargeau in 1934.
* Élisabeth Lerminier, French journalist was born Jargeau in 1947.
File:Gillesderais1835.jpg, Gilles de Rais
File:Statue de Jeanne d'Arc Place du martroi Jargeau.jpg, Statue de Jeanne d'Arc d'Alfred Lanson
File:Jean de_Dunois.jpg, Jean de Dunois
File:Albert_Viger.jpg, Albert Viger
File:Oscar Roty.jpg, Oscar Roty
File:Semeuse.jpg, La Semeuse d'Oscar Roty sur un timbre de la poste française
Twin towns
The town is twinned with:
*
Corsham
Corsham is a historic market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It is at the south-eastern edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route, southwest of Swindon, southeast of Bristol, northeast of Bath and southwest o ...
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Reilingen
Reilingen () is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route
The Bertha Benz Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden-Württemberg and member o ...