Sougé (Loir-et-Cher)

Sougé is a common French, located in the department of Loir-et-Cher and the area Center.

Geography

Sougé is a village dormouse-and-chérien of 450 inhabitants, nested in the middle of the valley of the Dormouse and that of the Sling, inhabitants of which gentilé is Sougéens or Sougeois, both of use. The commune of Sougé is located at 12 km in the west of Montoire, chief town of canton, and with 32 of the sub-prefecture: Vendôme. It is about equidistant towns of Blois, Tours and Mans and of it is distant only from 57 km. The village of Sougé is to 200 km of Paris and is next to those of Bridge of Sling, Artins, Trôo, Couture where was born, on September 10th, 1524, Pierre de Ronsard with the castle of Possonnière under the reign of François Ist Sougé is, on the one hand, to 5,9 km of Sandpaper-on-Dormouse where a castle of XVIe is which faces a very beautiful artisanal center where one manufactures, since the XVIIe century, of the objects in pottery and glass blown, and, on the other hand, to 5,5 km of Trôo, famous for its troglodytic caves, its maladrery Sainte Catherine of XIIe, the well who speaks and its petrifying cave where the visitor can be filled with wonder in front of slow work at water limestones. The borough of Sougé extends on part of the slope.

Hydrography

The Sling and the Dormouse sprinkle the commune of Sougé where are, consequently, a laundrette, a fountain, brooks and water levels.

History

At the time of the Romans, Sougé had a relative importance because of its Roman camp, named since " Camp of César" in the country. A Roman way crossed the plain of Sougé then. Under the Old Mode, Sougé was parcelled out in a complex system of strongholds.

At the XIXe century, the saving in Sougé counted vineyards and a breeding of horses.

The Middle Ages until the end of the XIXe century, there were a known fair with the asses with Sougé of all France.

Evangelization

One supposes that holy Quentin, which will have a destiny of martyr since he will die decapitated after having been torture victim in Vermandois, precisely at Augusta, on October 31st, 287 on order of the prefect of the court Rictius Varus, stopped in Sougé time to announce the Good news there.

Personalities related to the commune of Sougé

The comic actor Jean Yanne, which was the nephew of the last gate-keepers of the small station of Sougé, Mr. and Mrs. Crosnier, engraved his name in the bell-tower of Sougé before succeeding, so that this gesture contributes to carry chance to him and that Sougé obtains the signature of a celebrity, because it was sure of its success.

Its pickling humor made him create the most known slogan of the world: " It is interdict of interdire." , that he pronounced by derision at the time of one of his radio broadcasts of Sunday in spring 1968, and that it was well astonished to hear begun again with the first degree by the soixante-huitards.

The name

Sougé was formerly named Silviacus (IIIe and VIIIe century), then Selgiacus (XIe century), Sugeium in 1216 under the reign of Philippe II Auguste, Sougeium (XIIIe century), parish of the rocks of Sougé in 1595 pennies the reign of Henri IV, Sougé-on-Dormouse in 1675 pennies the reign of Louis XIV, Sougé-on-Sling with the Revolution, finally Sougé.

Administration

Sougé belongs to the community of communes of the slopes of the Sling

Demography

Places and monuments

Church of XVe century

The church of Sougé dates from XVe century, that is to say time of the rebuilding of the kingdom after the one hundred year old war. However, it is established on walls of an older construction waited until the date of " is read; 1063" on the clotheshanger of a stopped window on the side of the garden; the King of France was then Philippe Ier, of the dynasty of Capétiens direct. The chorus is furnished with stalls of XVe century coming from the abbey from Virginity, close to Fargot. Saint Quentin, evangelist of Sougé, are for this reason the owner of the church of Sougé. The erection of the way of cross was done under Louis-Philippe Ier, on October 2nd, 1836.

The Camp of César

The Roman camp of Sougé is named " Camp of César" in the country. There still remains some traces of this camp on the plate dominating the village where it occupied 6 hectares. One still distinguishes the remainders from the hillock where the castellum was established, and of the ditch.

Other monuments

Cave of Amadour Saint: old underground eremitic vault dug in the rock.
the presbytery is a construction of XIIe century to windows semicircular arch (walled), altered in XVe century (old priory). It was located, at the time revolutionist, " place tree of the liberté".
the college of Sougé: the school of Sougé is qualified Collège in a will of 1697, i.e. under Louis XIV.
the manor of the Valleys is not only one manor, as its denomination indicates it, but also an old stronghold. There remain old monuments such as a pigeon old man and a tower of angle to the walls of the court of the Valleys. The ditches were filled.

The tradition tells that king François Ier would have slept with the Valleys and grants to the lord of the place the right of pigeon.

Old railway line (the line Vendôme-Bridge of Sling is built in 1877, i.e. under Mac-Mahon).
Roman ways: two Gallo-Roman ways crossed in Sougé: one connected Mans to Ternay, the other connected Angers it Flèche to Areines.
the plain of Sougé

Localities and hamlets

Rocks, the Vermand rock, the Arable one, Alder plantations, the Pit, Guillocherie, Herserie, the Marsh, Neuilly, Valleys, Villemisson, Vau, Villée.

Events

- The large vacuum-attic of August 15th. - Shooting-trap

See too

Common close relations of Sougé:

External bonds

Internet site of the Commune of Sougé
Sougé on the site of the national geographical Institute
Sougé on the site of INSEE
Sougé on the site of Quid
Localization of Sougé on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Sougé on Mapquest

Louis Richard an inhabitant of Sougé during the First World War
* Sougé-list of the acts

Site of Sictom de Montoire

Site on Sougé on Sling

Site of the community of communes of the slopes of the Sling

Site on tourism in the valley of the Dormouse

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