Yzeures-sur-Creuse (, literally ''Yzeures on

Creuse Creuse (; or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the east, Cor ...

'') is a commune in the department of

Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.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. It is one of the oldest towns in

Touraine Touraine (; ) is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, Touraine was divided between the departments of Indre-et-Loire, :Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Vien ...

, occupation dating back to the

Upper Paleolithic The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Very broadly, it dates to between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago (the beginning of the Holocene), according to some theories ...

era earlier than 10,0 CE. Today, it is a village of 1300 inhabitants, situated in a rural setting. The town benefits from the spa activity of the nearby town of

La Roche-Posay La Roche-Posay () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Situated in the Vienne region of France, La Roche-Posay is renowned as the European capital of Hydro-Dermatology. The town’s therma ...

. Yzeures also offers a range of tourism activities and second homes are numerous. Its inhabitants are called Yzeurois, Yzeuroises.

Geography

Yzeures-sur-Creuse is located between

Tours Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...

and

Poitiers Poitiers is a city on the river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune in France, commune, the capital of the Vienne (department), Vienne department and the historical center of Poitou, Poitou Province. In 2021, it had a population of 9 ...

in the centre of France, on the banks of the river

. The Creuse meets its tributary

Gartempe The Gartempe () is a French river, long. It is a left tributary of the Creuse, which it joins in La Roche-Posay. Its source is in the municipality of Peyrabout. Among its tributaries are the Anglin, the Brame, the Semme and the Ardour. T ...

from Yzeures near the spa town of

. It has the distinction of being the only town of Touraine to expand both on the right bank and left bank of the Creuse. It is also the only town in the department to be watered by the Gartempe. Yzeures sur Creuse lies at the meeting point of the three departments of

Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.Indre Indre (); is a 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 administrative region of Cent ...

(36) and

Vienne Vienne may refer to: Places *Vienne (department), a department of France named after the river Vienne *Vienne, Isère, a city in the French department of Isère * Vienne-en-Arthies, a village in the French department of Val-d'Oise * Vienne-en-Bessi ...

(86).

Neighboring communes

The town has nine surrounding communities. Five are located in the department of Indre-et-Loire (Chambon, Boussay, Preuilly-sur-Claise, Bossay-sur-Claise and Tournon-Saint-Pierre), three in the department of Vienne (Vicq-sur-Gartempe, La Roche-Posay and Lésigny) and one in the department of Indre (Neons-sur-Creuse).

Nearby towns

By road,distance between the municipality and the nearest towns with Mappy.fr
/ref> the village is located midway between Descartes,

Châtellerault Châtellerault (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Châteulrô/Chateleràud''; ) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France. It is located in the northeast of the former province Poitou, and the residents are cal ...

and

Le Blanc Le Blanc (; ; ) is a commune and a subprefecture of the department of Indre, and the region of Centre-Val de Loire, central France. Geography Le Blanc is the main city of the Parc naturel régional de la Brenne, on the banks of the river Cr ...

about .

is 85 km distant, and

53 km distant.

Population

Sights

Archaeological structures

*Dolmen de la ''Pierre Levée'', near the hamlet of ''Confluent''.

Buildings

*The manor house of ''Granges'', dating from the sixteenth century. Has been listed as a ''

monument historique () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, ...

'' *The château of ''Harembure'', dating from the eighteenth century to the nineteenth century *The château of ''Pairé'' or ''Péré'', dating from the sixteenth century *The château of ''Thou'', dating from the sixteenth century. Has been listed as a ''

'' *The château of ''Marigny'', dating from the seventeenth century. *The manor house of ''Gaudru'', dating from the fifteenth century. *The château of ''La Mothe'', dating from the nineteenth century. *The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt in the nineteenth century. This church is built on the site of a Gallo-Roman temple of Minerva.

Museums

* Mado Robin Museum : Museum to the life of

this This may refer to: * ''This'', the singular proximal demonstrative pronoun Places * This (Egypt), or ''Thinis'', an ancient city in Upper Egypt * This, Ardennes, a commune in France * This, a country mentioned in the ''Periplus of the Erythraea ...

French soprano. (opened in 2009) You can see pictures, posters and audio-visual materials, and also her stage costumes presented in reconstituted sets of her greatest roles. * Gallo Roman Museum of Minerva : 80 sculptures limestone blocks and fragmentary sculptures of a Gallo-Roman temple and a column of Minerva. It regularly hosts temporary exhibitions.

Events

* ''Yzeures'n'Flore''. Festival of flowers in April. * ''Fête de la Musique'' * ''Ethni'cité Festival'' on Saturday 11 July 2009. *
Yzeures'n'Rock
' Free Concert. In 2009, the 4th edition of this event will be held on Saturday 1 August

Personalities

This is a list of people of interest who were born or resided in Yzeures: *Yzeures is the birthplace of

Mado Robin Madeleine Marie "Mado" Robin (; 29 December 191810 December 1960) was a French coloratura soprano. A soprano acuto sfogato, she was noted for her extremely high register. Early life Robin was born in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, where she owned the Ch ...

(1918–1960) a French

coloratura soprano A coloratura soprano () is a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile run (music), runs, leaps and Trill (music), trills. The term ''coloratura'' refers to the elaborate ornamentation of a melody, whi ...

who could hit the octave range of D4 above high-C (D7 in ''

scientific pitch notation Scientific pitch notation (SPN), also known as American standard pitch notation (ASPN) and international pitch notation (IPN), is a method of specifying musical Pitch (music), pitch by combining a musical Note (music), note name (with accidental ( ...

'' or about 2349 Hz). *

Agnès Sorel Agnès Sorel (; 1422 – 9 February 1450), known by the sobriquet ''Dame de beauté'' (Lady of Beauty), was a favourite and chief mistress of King Charles VII of France, by whom she bore four daughters. She is considered the first officially ...

was a mistress of King Charles VII of France. As the story goes, she was born to Fromenteau, a Yzeures's hamlet. * Paul Burty Haviland (17 June 1880 – 21 December 1950) was an early French-American 20th-century photographer. Havilland died at his estate in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, in 1950.

References

External links

Official site
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