Saint-Pierre-of-Body

Saint-Pierre-of-Body is a common French, located in the department of Indre-et-Loire and the area Center. Its inhabitants is called the Corpopétrussiens , Corpopétrussiennes .

Geography

The commune of Saint-Pierre-of-Body is located between the the Loire and the Cher at the east of the town of Tours. Formerly, this zone was vast a Marécage very often flooded by this river and this river.

History

Formerly, this city sheltered a Roman cemetery, from where its rather particular name. City directed by PCF since 1920. The municipal council of 1920 then very mainly dominated by SFIO had the characteristic to vote just after the congress of Turns of 1920, the positions of Lénine which involved the creation of the SFIC which became shortly after the PCF.

Administration

Saint Pierre of the Bodies is a city directed by Communist elects since 1920 what does of it one of the oldest French bastions of this political party.

Demography

Graph of evolution of the population, 1794-1999

Places and monuments

Saint-Pierre-of-body with the characteristic to lodge the station TGV which serves Tours, thus placing it at less than one Paris time.

One also finds one of most important the marshalling yard of France, as well as a center of reprocessing of waste water located in full center town, just behind the town hall.

Symbol of its identity cheminote, the city has as a monument an old engine with vapor Pacific 241 of the beginning of the XXe century.

District HLM of Rabaterie conceals half of the inhabitants of the city. Very poor, classified ZUS and DSQ, the district was on several occasions the theater of important urban riots. In spite of his bad reputation, one finds many animations there as the festival of the Email, which is held in June, where user-friendliness is of setting. The district is divided into three sectors: “Blanqui”, located at the west, " “the Porch”, towards the east, and the last, “Aubrière”, all in the east.

Personalities related to the commune

Serge de Beketch journalist and writer
Gerard Blanchard, song writer and performer
Nâdiya, Woodland singer
Mickaël, footballer, defender of the team of France and Manchester United
Christian Massé, writer.
Xavier Gravelaine, international footballer
((Lelong)) Author of the famous data base Carmen Cru

See too

Common of Indre-et-Loire

External bonds

Site of the city
Information on the town of Saint-Pierre-of-Body
Saint-Pierre-of-Body on the site of INSEE

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