Sorigny () is a French commune in the Indre-et-Loire

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Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...

. Sorigny has been

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with the village of Box, in Wiltshire, Great Britain, since 2016.

History

It is a parish that was confirmed in March 1031 by a charter of Robert II of France. It was formerly divided into two fiefs.

Hydrography

The municipal hydrographic network, with a total length of 31.09 km, includes two notable rivers, the Bourdin (3.075 km) and the Montison (2.731 km), and ten small rivers that flow at certain times. The Bourdin, with a total length of 14.8 km, rises in the commune of

Louans Louans () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-et-Loire department of France. The communes ...

and flows into the

Indre Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ ...

Veigné Veigné () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Geography Veigné is located next to the river Indre, 12 kilometres south of Tours. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The followin ...

after crossing five communes.

Transport

Transport in Sorigny is managed by the

region and trains are operated by Transdev Touraine on the Rémi rail network. There are links between Tours and Sorigny via lines G, H, H1 and H2.

Economy

In 2018, the commune planned to establish a "brand village" on 20 hectares of its territory, near the A10 autoroute. Sorigny belongs to the Touraine Indre Valley community of towns (''Communauté de communes Touraine Vallée de l'Indre'').

Population

Notable residents

* Marcel Gaumont (1880–1962), a sculptor, was born there.

Town twinning

* Box, Wiltshire, Great Britain

Notable buildings and monuments

*''Église romane Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens'' (Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens Church), built in the 11th century and rebuilt in 1866 by Étienne Guérin Charles Gustavus. *''Château de Longue Plaine'' (Longue-Plaine Castle), built in the 19th century except for two towers that are from the 15th and 16th centuries. *''Le Monument aux Morts'' (The War Memorial) of 1914–1918, made by the sculptor Marcel Gaumont and the architect Maurice Boille. *''Aérodrome de Tours'' (Aerodrome of Tours) in Sorigny.

Gallery

File: Blason de la ville de Sorigny (37).svg, Coat of arms of Sorigny File: Sorigny (Indre-et-Loire) Monument aux morts, tombe de guerre.JPG, War memorial in a cemetery (''monument aux morts'') File: Sorigny (Indre-et-Loire) Monument aux morts communal.JPG, Communal war memorial File: Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Sorigny (Indre-et-Loire) vitrail 02.JPG,

Stained glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...

window in the church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens File: Sorigny éolienne.jpg, Wind turbine (''éolienne'') File: Sorigny - Château de Longue-Plaine - 15.jpg, Longue-Plaine Castle in Sorigny

References

Communes of Indre-et-Loire {{IndreLoire-geo-stub