The Rich person

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

Its inhabitants is called the Larichois, Larichoises .

Geography

History

The city holds its name of the church Our-Lady-the-Rich person of Turns (in the past called Our-Lady-the-Poor Église of Turns), old separate suburb of its core by the construction of the modern enclosure of fortification in the middle of the 17th century; the city thus draws its name from a religious building which is not on its territory (the case is identical to the east of Tours with Saint-Pierre-of-Body and to north with Saint-Symphorien).

In 1787, the commune takes the Game preserve-of-The-Rich person name. At the 19th century one cultivates there especially the Chanvre and the cereals, then, benefitting from qualities of the ground, the cultures become mainly market-gardening.

The Rich person was not saved by the wars: occupied three months by the Prussian in 1870 and especially bombarded with nine recoveries between June and August 1944.

Administration

Demography

Graph of evolution of the population, 1794-1999

  • municipal population in 2004: 9.573

  • municipal population in 2006: 10.131

Places and monuments

Castle of Plessis-lez-Turns, where several kings de France remained - mainly Louis XI which made its principal residence of it, was the theater many historical events.

Little before its death in 1483, Louis XI will make come from Italy François of Paule who will build the convent of the Tiny ones. The tomb of the saint man is visible today in the small vault close to the convent.

Inside the church Holy-Anne, built in 1856 (place of the Marshal-Leclerc), one can discover the statue of François Saint of Paule like two painted scenes evoking the life of the hermit.

The tourangelles religious communities had most of the commune, of which the Prieuré of Saint-Cosme also called Prieuré of Ronsard . Built at the origin on the island of the Loire, this priory was the last residence of Ronsard which lived there of 1565 to its death in 1585.

Personalities related to the commune

  • Louis XI
  • Ronsard

See too

  • Common of Indre-et-Loire

External bonds

  • the Rich person on the site of INSEE

  • Site of the commune

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