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 ...
.
Sites and monuments
* Several dolmens are located on the town: the rotating stone ("la pierre tournante"), the stone of green Galant, the Clos du ver
* Wash houses and mills
* The Church of St. John the Baptist the nineteenth siecle
* The chapel and fountain St. Anthony fifteenth siècle
* The viaduct ferroviaire
* The blue waters, sources from groundwater resurgence of Beauce and Loire, sometimes causing bouillon; the blue and translucent appearance of the water is due to a very weak mineralization.
Sites and remarkable landscapes
On 30 November 2000, the Loire Valley, in its middle reaches of Sully-sur-Loire (Loiret) to Chalonnes-sur-Loire (Maine-et-Loire), is inscribed on the World Heritage List of the organization of United Nations educational, Scientific and cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a "cultural landscape". This listing recognizes the site of "Outstanding Universal Value" based on the density of its monumental, architectural and urban interest of the river landscape and the exceptional quality of the landscape inherited expressions of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Any deterioration in O.U.V. is considered a loss to the memory of the Humanité. The prefect of the Centre region, coordinator Prefect, approved the management plan for the Loire Valley World Heritage by order dated November 15, 2012. Thirty-five towns in the Loiret are part of the heritage site, including Tavers.
Natural Heritage
Two
Natura 2000
Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive, respectively ...
sites cover part of the territory of Travers: ''Vallée de la Loire de Tavers à Belleville-sur-Loire'' and ''Vallée de la Loire du Loiret''.
See also
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Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Loiret
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