Montbazon
Sign in to saveMontbazon () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, France. It is located on the river Indre between the towns of Veigné, Monts and Sorigny. The town is about 12 km from Tours.
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Place details
- Locality
- Montbazon
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,777
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Montbazon
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Montbazon - Mairie.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Montbazon (Indre-et-Loire).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Tours
- French commune.canton
- Monts
- French commune.mayor
- Sylvie Giner
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
- 52
- French commune.elevation max m
- 92
- French commune.area km2
- 6.50
- French commune.INSEE
- 37154
- French commune.postal code
- 37250
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Montbazon
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Tours
- Population
- 4717
- Area
- 6.5
- Elevation
- 68
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Indre River
- Capital of
- canton of Montbazon
- Shares border with
- Veigné
- Official website
- www.ville-montbazon.fr
- Image
- Montbazon - Mairie.JPG
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- Commons category
- Montbazon
- postal code
- 37250
- associated electoral district
- canton of Monts
- male population
- 2157
- female population
- 2156
- P8168
- head unit
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-47-26-01-30
- fax number
- +33-2-47-73-13-92
- contact page URL
- ville-montbazon.fr/contact
- P12749
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Montbazon () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, France. It is located on the river Indre between the towns of Veigné, Monts and Sorigny. The town is about 12 km from Tours.
==History== In 991, friars of Cormery complained to the king that Fulk Nerra, lord of Anjou, was building a fortress in their land of Montbazon (he became lord of Montbazon in 997 although he was 17 years old).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montbazon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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