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Richelieu
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Place details
- Locality
- Richelieu
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,263
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Department
- Indre-et-Loire
- Arrondissement
- Chinon
- Canton
- Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Étienne Martegoutte
- Area
- 5.09 km (1.97 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,598
- Density
- 314/km (813/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 37196 /37120
- Elevation
- 47–77 m (154–253 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ville de Richelieu – Site officiel de la ville de Richelieu
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Richelieu
- Population
- 1598
- Area
- 5.09
- Elevation
- 59
- Official website
- www.ville-richelieu.fr
- Image
- RichelieuTownGate.jpg
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- Commons category
- Richelieu (Indre-et-Loire)
- postal code
- 37120
- male population
- 830
- female population
- 886
- contact page URL
- www.ville-richelieu.frnous-contacter
- phone number
- +33-2-47-58-10-13
- fax number
- +33-2-47-58-16-42
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Travel guide
Get around
Its principal roads are Route 112, Route 223 (Chemin du Richelieu, along the Richelieu River) and the northern end of Highway 35 (becoming Boulevard Fréchette).
See
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Buy
Its main commercial areas are along boulevard Périgny (route 112) and avenue Bourgogne.
Eat
Several restaurants or dining rooms in the Montérégie have transformed the mode of meals at the tables into take-out or delivery service. In general, restaurateurs have demonstrated great resilience by updating their website, integrating interactive and automated applications for remote orders, as well as the display of the menu, opening hours, their mode of operation (e.g. by reservation, drive-thru), sanitary measures required, other services (e.g. catering, shops, accommodation, access for the disabled, wi-fi, take-out food, delivery), contact details and often the history of the restaurant or site.
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— A municipality with a rich built heritage. Thanks to the Richelieu River, its port was one of the busiest between Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River, serving local agricultural and forestry operations. In the 21st century, its economic vocation is centred on recreational tourism and agriculture. — Crossed by Route 112, Highway 10 and Chemin des Patriotes, Richelieu has a heritage circuit describing the great history of the seigneury and the locality, as well as the built heritage. The building of the Oblates marked its history. Recreational tourism activities are intense on the river and the bike paths. — Recreational tourism activities are mainly: hiking, biking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, etc. The city has around twenty parks (including 4 rest stops), several of which are accessible by the cycle path. The Parc de Montpellier has a magnificent body of water with a fountain. — City with a great road, rail, river and military history. In the summer, boating is developed there and catering. — The city of Carignan resembles an imperfect half-donut around the city of Chambly. There are many recreational and tourist activities: hiking (via the green trail that joins Saint-Hubert), cycling, nautical activities (on the Acadie or Richelieu rivers), its municipal parks, etc.
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Article
Richelieu ( French pronunciation: [ʁiʃ(ə)ljø] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
It lies south of Chinon and west of Sainte-Maure de Touraine and is surrounded by mostly agricultural land. Its inhabitants are called Richelais, and Richelaises.