Sargé-sur-Braye (; ) is a commune in the

French department In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

Loir-et-Cher Loir-et-Cher (, ) is a Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region of France. It is named after two rivers which run through it, the Loir in its northern part and the Cher (river), Cher in its southern p ...

administrative region Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (; ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior ...

, France.

Geography

The commune is bathed by the Braye and the Grenne rivers, which join here before leading as the Braye to the

Loir The Loir is a long river in western France. It is a left tributary of the Sarthe. Its source is in the Eure-et-Loir department, north of Illiers-Combray. It joins the river Sarthe in Briollay, north of the city of Angers. It is indirectly ...

. The town is a part of the canton of Le Perche. It is bordered to the north by Cormenon, to the south by

Savigny-sur-Braye Savigny-sur-Braye (, literally ''Savigny on Braye'') is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. Population Personalities * Jeanne Rij-Rousseau, (born 10 June 1870 in Candé – died 22 October 1956 in Savigny-sur-Braye ...

, to the east by Épuisay and to the west by

Saint-Calais Saint-Calais () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. Prior to the French Revolution it was known for its Benedictine abbey named after the Anisola stream (modern Aniole, a tributary ...

History

Between 29 January and 8 February 1939, more than 3,100 Spanish refugees fleeing the collapse of the Spanish Republic under Franco, arrived in

. Faced with a lack of buildings to welcome them (the stud farm at Selles-sur-Cher had been used), 47 villages provide accommodation, including Sargé-sur-Braye. The refugees, essentially women and children, were subjected to a strict quarantine and vaccinated. Mail was limited. Supplies, though lacking variety and cooked the French way, were, however, assured. In the spring and summer, the refugees were regrouped at Bois-Brûlé (commune of Boisseau).

Population

Sights

* Église Saint-Martin. This church been listed since 1958 as a historic monument by the

French Ministry of Culture The Ministry of Culture () is the ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of France in charge of List of museums in France, national museums and the . Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and pro ...

. Dating originally from the 10th century, its present form is from 1549. There are traces of 14th century painted murals. * Église Saint-Cyr, and its jacquemart. * Château des Radrets has been listed since 1977 as a ''monument historique''. Parts of it date back to the 15th century; it was extensively altered in the 18th. * Château de Montmarin has been listed since 1986 as a ''monument historique''. Originally 17th century, it was altered in the 18th and 19th. * Château du Fief Corbin * Roussard quarry

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