Romorantin-Lanthenay

Geography

The city is located in the middle of the the Sologne, on the river Sauldre. It is placed at équidistance of Orleans, Tours and Bourges

Communes bordering

in the Canton of Romorantin-Lanthenay-North:

Millançay ;
Veilleins ;

in the Canton of Romorantin-Lanthenay-South:

in the Canton of Mennetou-on-Expensive (even district):

Villefranche-on-Expensive.

History

The current commune is resulting from fusion, the May 29th 1961 (taken by successive decrees of the January 25th and March 23rd published in the Official journal on May 28th) of the old communes of Romorantin (code INSEE: 41194, begun again by the new commune) and Lanthenay (code INSEE: 41111).

Administration

|- | align=right| 1985 with 2008 || Jeanny Lorgeoux ||align=" center" | PS || (elected official in the course of mandate) |- | align=right| 1959 with 1985 || Jacques Thyraud ||align=" center" | UDF ||General adviser of Loir-et-Cher then senator de Loir-et-Cher |- | align=right| 1949 with 1959 || Maurice Sagnole |||| |- | align=right| 1945 with 1949 || Jean Fouquerière |||| |- | align=right| 1944 with 1945 || Antoine Charmaison |||| |- | align=right| 1943 with 1944 || Marcel Boissière |||| |- | align=right| 1941 with 1943 || Roland of-Moustier |||| |- | align=right| 1933 with 1941 || Antoine Charmaison |||| |- | align=right| 1925 with 1933 || Richard Georges |||| |- | align=right| 1921 with 1925 || Albert Fouquerière |||| |- | align=right| 1911 with 1921 || Arthur Béranger |||| |- | align=right| 1909 with 1911 || Jean-Baptiste Touraton |||| |- | align=right| 1907 with 1909 || Felix Baudouin |||| |- | align=right| 1895 with 1907 || Theophilus-Gabriel Maymac |||| |- | align=right| 1888 with 1895 || Théau Barluet-of-Beauchesne |||| |- | align=right| 1884 with 1888 || Rene Durand |||| |- | align=right| 1883 with 1884 || Alfred Camus |||| |- | align=right| 1881 with 1883 || Alfred Morin |||| |- | align=right| 1878 with 1881 || Lucien Ansolini |||| |- | align=right| 1876 with 1878 || Camille Leduc |||| |- | align=right| 1875 with || Ludovic Pestel |||| |- | align=right| 1871 with 1875 || Normalizing Aristide |||| |- | align=right| 1870 with || François Martin-Lemestre |||| |- | align=right| 1869 with 1870 || Aime Barluet-of-Beauchesne |||| |- | align=right| 1851 with 1869 || Théau-Alexandre Thuault-of-Beauchêne |||| |- | align=right| 1850 with 1851 || Leon Vallois |||| |- | align=right| 1847 with 1849 || Normalizing Antoine |||| |- | align=right| 1842 with 1847 || Pierre Battle-Martin |||| |- | align=right| 1840 with 1842 || Normalizing Antoine |||| |- | align=right| 1831 with 1840 || Leon Vallois |||| |- | align=right| 1830 with 1831 || Paul Denois |||| |- | align=right| 1822 with 1830 || Leon Vallois |||| |- | align=right| 1808 with 1822 || Claude Vallois |||| |- | align=right| 1800 with 1808 || Louis Poisson |||| Jean-Yves Lallart, History of the Castle of Romorantin, Edition Town hall of Romorantin, April 1996

Demography

In 1882 Romorantin counted 7.826 inhabitants and Lanthenay 2.094 inhabitants

Economy

The factory Matra produced for Renault during the Eighties and Nineties, the Renault Espace (nearly 870.000 units on the whole). It was closed in 2004 by its owner, the Groupe Lagardere, following the price-cutting of the model Renault Avantime. There remains a factory of spare parts (110 paid) which also produces electric bicycles.

The city lodges since 1959, a famous factory of Caméra S professional, the establishments Beaulieu .

The city has also an antenna of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Loir-et-Cher.

Famous characters

the queen Claude of France (1499-1524) is born to with it the October 13rd 1499.
Alfred Cornu, physicist, dies there in 1902.
Rémy Dumoncel, resistant, is born to with it the October 28th 1888. Died in deportation in 1945, it is quoted in the Pantheon and is honoured with Yad Vashem like a Juste among the Nations.

Tourist monuments and places

Religious heritage

Parish church Notre-Dame and Saint-Etienne (XIe, XIe and XIIIe centuries, altered in XVe, XVIe, XVIIe and XIXe centuries). Property of the commune. Partially classified under the historic buildings, by decree of 1911 (date to be specified).
Parish church Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul, the St. Lawrence and Saint-Aignan of Lanthenay (XIIe century, altered at XVIe and XIXe centuries. Property of the commune. Indexed but not protected by the Historic buildings.
Old church of Monthault , in Lanthenay (XIIe century, altered in XVe century). Private property, registered on the additional Inventory of the historic buildings by decree of May 7th, 1936.
Vestiges (not destroyed in 1822) of old the abbey of bernardines Our-Lady-of-Place (XIIIe and XIVe centuries, altered in XVe and XVIe centuries, closed down in 1791 and destroyed in 1822). Private property, in particular including the church, the dovecote, two wells and the old gardens, indexed but not protected by the Historic buildings.
monumental Cross Saint-Lazare (built at the XIXe century, Romorantin, on the site of old a maladrery destroyed at the end of the XVIIIe century). Indexed but not protected by the Historic buildings.
Vault Our-Lady-of-Assistances alias vault of the Good Lady (XVIIe century, in Romorantin). Property of the commune, indexed but not protected by the Historic buildings.

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Civil inheritance

Old Hotel Saint-pol. , known as “house of François Ier” (XVIe century). Private property, classified under the historic buildings by decree of October 12th, 1912.
the Carroir gilded , house with wood sides sheltering the archaeological museum.
the Chancellery , house with sides of wood and in overhang, former to XVIe century, and which would have sheltered the royal seals of François Ier. It is classified under the historic buildings by decree of March 18th 1913. It comprises many figurines carved at the head of posts.

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Museums

Museum of the Sologne: it dates from the Fifties and was rehabilitated in new buildings in 1989 (old mills). A Voiture with dog is visible in the hall of the museum. It also shelters a library which has the collection Emile Martin comprising many old works of botany.
Museum Matra, open in the year 2000, which comprises a collection of sport scars as well as prototypes of the firm.

Events

the gastronomical Days of the Sologne , the last weekend of October comprise several contests of kitchen, pastry making, pork-butchery, bakery viennoisery, artistic part (sweetened, chocolate) etc. The parts are judged, according to the types of contest, according to various criteria.
the Corrida of Christmas is a race on foot which takes place each year in December in the downtown area.
the festival of Making off with place the every years in September since 2003. It presents Making off film amateurs and professionals. It is organized by association " MakingOf41".
the living room of the Creators of Embroidery is held in Romorantin every year since 2005. It is organized by association " P' tits Points of Sologne".
the commune is the seat of the Olympic stadium Romorantinais, club of evolving/moving Football this year in National (D3).

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