Auzouer-in-Touraine

Auzouer-in-Touraine is a common French, located in the department of Indre-et-Loire and the area Center.

Its inhabitants is called Auzouériens, Auzouériennes.

In the night of the 7 to the June 8th 1988 an explosion causes a fire in a factory of chemicals of Auzouer-in-Touraine. The water poured by the firemen to extinguish fire streams charged in chemicals in the Brenne, affluent of the Cisse which throws itself in the the Loire. Starting from the June 9th and during 10 days the town of Turns and five communes located on Right Bank of the the Loire, is nearly 20.000 people, are private of drinking water.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Graph of evolution of the population, 1794-1999

Places and monuments

Church Saint Martin's day (11th century)
Castle of Pierrefitte (15th century-19th century) with its Dolmen

Personalities related to the commune

Count of Tullaye: Mayor emblematic whose room of the sports bears its name

See too

Common of Indre-et-Loire

External bonds

Auzouer-in-Touraine on the site of INSEE
http://auzouer.free.fr/

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