Larchant
Larchant is a common French, located in the department of Seine-et-Marne and the area Île-de-France.
Its inhabitants is called Liricantois.
Geography
Larchant belongs Regional natural park of French Gâtinais.Localities and variations
Communes bordering
The communes in the vicinity are:
- Amponville (~4.9km)
- the Vault-the-Queen (~3.9km)
- Châtenoy (~6.1km)
- Chevrainvilliers (~3.9km)
- Garentreville (~6.7km)
- Guercheville (~5.2km)
- Ormesson (~6.7km)
- Saint-Pierre-the-Nemours (~6.4km)
- Ury (~5.6km)
- Villiers-under-Grez (~5.2km)
History
Larchant was mentioned for the first time at the 11th century, " Liricantus" , when the canons of Notre-Dame de Paris take possession of it. They put at it at the day the relics of saint Mathurin.Larchant would have been the fatherland of Mathurin saint, who succeeds in curing Théodora madness, girl of the Roman Emperor Maximien. Brought back to Rome, its relics were the object of an important pilgrimage attended by the kings of France, but also the mentally ills.
Larchant was devastated by a fire in 1775.
Administration
Demography
Religious heritage
The Saint-Mathurin church burnt in 1490, was devastated in 1567 by the huguenots and finally plundered in 1641 by the band of the baron de Tot.
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