Razines

Razines is a common French of the department of Indre-et-Loire, in the area Center.

Geography

The village is in a very moved back campaign, to approximately 10 km of Richelieu, (the birthplace of the Cardinal of Richelieu); Razines is bordered by the small course of the Veude. The villages in the neighborhoods are Jaulnay, Braslou, Sling-under-Faye, or Faye-the-Vinous. The simplest access to Razines, is made by the RD 749.

History

A very old tradition wants that the day before the Bataille of Poitiers, in 732, the Sarrazins came to camp in Razines with their horses, attracted by the abundance and the purity of waters running which spouted out there a little everywhere. They would have baptized the place “Close-cropped el-Ain” , the “country of the sources”, which would have given us “Razines”. As of the 12th century in any case, Razines appears in the cartulaire of the abbey of the Walnut trees under the name of “ecclesia Beata Maria de Razina” . On this document it appears that in 1106, some Adémar de Granier, resident of Faye-the-Vinous of which raised, as stronghold, the territory of Razines, made gift of the integrality of its rights on the church of Razines just built, with the abbey of Walnut trees. Razines was one of the strongholds of Faye-the-Vinous lasting of the centuries. Razines is attached today to the ecclesiastical Province of Turns.

Administration

The current mayor of Razine is Cécile Giraudet, and the municipal council is composed of eleven advisers and advisers. Razines belongs to the diocese of Tours and the canton of Richelieu. If Razines has today its church, its presbytery, its town hall and its school, it was not always the case: in the middle of the 19th Razines century did not have any more these buildings, and was intended to die. Indeed, in 1860, the prefect of Indre-et-Loire estimated that Razines was well too poor to still profit from the statute of commune, and decided that communal space was to be divided into three and attached to the common neighbors. To save the village, one of the fellow-citizens, the doctor Paulin Archimbault, made build with its expenses a church, a presbytery as well as a school. The remainder of the villagois offered a town hall to the commune. And thus in 1861, the commune was saved. The church continues still today to organize masses, known as by the priest of village of Braslou. The school accommodates the second years of nursery school of the five villages around, that of Jaulnay, the first years, and that of Braslou, the third years. The old grocer of the street of the Cellars is closed since 1998, the only trade remaining on the commune of Razines being now the inn of the place. The agricultural main activities on the commune are the intensive culture of melon and cereals, and the vine growing.

Demography

Graph of evolution of the population, 1794-1999

Places and monuments

Razines is an old village with the borders of the Touraine and Poitou. Its past is one cannot richer for if small village.

The old church

The old church of Razines was one of the first monuments and buildings built on the commune. It was built well apart from the borough at the 10th century. It has an Eastern frontage, preserved still well, presenting a beautiful door in semicircular arch to elegant vaussures, a drip supported by modillons carved, the overcome whole of a bell-tower with comb has two hefty men binoculars.

The castle of Charged

Old stronghold of the abbey of Walnut trees, the castle was built by some Isembard de Chargé, which offered it, with the abbey with the Walnut trees, with his Oda wife. Passed then in various hands, deeply altered at the 16th century, 17th century and 18th century, by De Blet, its propiétaires, seized with the Revolution in the capacity as national good, there always exists and its buildings shelter an agricultural exposure. The castle had had dependences, in particular the masonry of High-Claire, from now on property of the Beausse family for more than two centuries. An underground of more than 800 meters, enough broad to accommodate an attachment of horses, ran since the castle to lead the lords of Charged towards the masonry. One also says that there was a second underground, driving of High-Claire to the old church. There existed also a vault joined with the castle built at the 14th century, this one will be destroyed in 1890.

Priory of Saint-Gilles-of-Collars

Located at the north of Saulnay, dependence of the abbey of Walnut trees and stronghold of the castle of Saumur, This priory would have was built at the 11th century, on a tumulus. There would have been here, a source which cured madness. With 800 meters of this vault, there was a fairground and the excavations archaeological led to this site make go up its origin at the time Gallo-Roman. Well after the medieval time an annual fair in memory was still held to with it of a victory over the Moslems. There is besides not far from the vault the “Carroi of the seven ways”, where two annual cattle fairs until in 1900 were held. The last vestiges of the vault were still visible in 1850. It remains about it today for only trace only one limestone stoup, property of a family of the village.

Other historic sites

The castle of the Bridge, “Terra of laying araldi” , was at the 11th century a strengthened bridge depend on the abbey of the Walnut trees and surrounded by ditches. It was at that time the only bridge on Veude. It was in 1500 property of Rene de Razines. The building was entirely rebuilt at the 17th century; only one house on two floors remains today about it.

The manor of Midnight supper and the castle of Milly are as for them two excellent examples of tourangelles masonries such as one could see some at the 17th century.

The field of Garelière, where on 22 hectares one extends from the best vineyards of the area, is an old property of the Cardinal of Richelieu, from where it drew its own table wine formerly, making it come to Paris. The field of Garelière was repurchased with the family of Richelieu by Mr. Girard, the owner of Midnight supper. The family renovated the vineyard and a wine draws some today from exception and which profits from now on from a label A.O.C.

Many of other monuments are still to discover on the commune of Razines, like the castle of Fougeray, built at the 19th century by Pradeau, and other vestiges: furnace, laundrette, undergrounds, mill (like that of Girrault or Daudet)…

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Indre-et-Loire

External bonds

Razines on the site of INSEE

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