Sorigny

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Sorigny

Commune

The church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, in Sorigny

Coat of arms

Location of Sorigny

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Coordinates: 47°14′33″N 0°41′46″E﻿ / ﻿47.2425°N 0.6961°E﻿ / 47.2425; 0.6961
Country| France
Region| Centre-Val de Loire
Department| Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement| Tours
Canton| Monts
Government

• Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Esnault[1]

Area

| 43.43 km2 (16.77 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[2]

| 2,877
• Density| 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code|

37250 /37250

Elevation| 68–123 m (223–404 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sorigny (French pronunciation: [sɔʁiɲi] ⓘ) is a French commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire.

Sorigny has been twinned with the village of Box, in Wiltshire, Great Britain, since 2016.

## History

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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

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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 and flows into the Indre at Veigné after crossing five communes.

## Transport

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Transport in Sorigny is managed by the Centre-Val de Loire 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

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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

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1793 | 1,350| —
1800 | 1,241| −1.20%
1806 | 1,366| +1.61%
1821 | 1,428| +0.30%
1831 | 1,564| +0.91%
1836 | 1,617| +0.67%
1841 | 1,513| −1.32%
1846 | 1,602| +1.15%
1851 | 1,507| −1.22%
1856 | 1,462| −0.60%
1861 | 1,403| −0.82%
1866 | 1,340| −0.91%
1872 | 1,271| −0.88%
1876 | 1,226| −0.90%
1881 | 1,125| −1.70%
1886 | 1,077| −0.87%
1891 | 1,142| +1.18%
1896 | 1,080| −1.11%
| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1901 | 1,067| −0.24%
1906 | 1,090| +0.43%
1911 | 1,077| −0.24%
1921 | 994| −0.80%
1926 | 1,072| +1.52%
1931 | 1,084| +0.22%
1936 | 1,105| +0.38%
1946 | 1,168| +0.56%
1954 | 1,227| +0.62%
1962 | 1,178| −0.51%
1968 | 1,256| +1.07%
1975 | 1,313| +0.64%
1982 | 1,520| +2.11%
1990 | 1,637| +0.93%
1999 | 1,923| +1.81%
2007 | 2,105| +1.14%
2012 | 2,354| +2.26%
2017 | 2,643| +2.34%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

## Notable residents

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

## Town twinning

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* Box, Wiltshire, Great Britain

## Notable buildings and monuments

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* 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

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* Coat of arms of Sorigny

* War memorial in a cemetery (monument aux morts)

* Communal war memorial

* Stained glass window in the church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens

* Wind turbine (éolienne)

* Longue-Plaine Castle in Sorigny

## See also

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* Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department
* Marcel Gaumont Sculptor of war memorial

## References

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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sorigny, EHESS (in French).
4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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* Chambray-lès-Tours
* Champigny-sur-Veude
* Chançay
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* Chanceaux-sur-Choisille
* Channay-sur-Lathan
* La Chapelle-aux-Naux
* La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin
* La Chapelle-sur-Loire
* Charentilly
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* Château-la-Vallière
* Château-Renault
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* Cheillé
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* Chenonceaux
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* Civray-sur-Esves
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* Continvoir
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* Couesmes
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* Courcoué
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* La Croix-en-Touraine
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* Jaulnay
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* Lémeré
* Lerné
* Le Liège
* Lignières-de-Touraine
* Ligré
* Ligueil
* Limeray
* Lochessubpr
* Loché-sur-Indrois
* Louans
* Le Louroux
* Lublé
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* Luzé
* Luzillé
* Maillé
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* Marçay
* Marcé-sur-Esves
* Marcilly-sur-Maulne
* Marcilly-sur-Vienne
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* La Membrolle-sur-Choisille
* Mettray
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* Montlouis-sur-Loire
* Montrésor
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* Monts
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* Mosnes
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