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Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bənwa dy so] (listen); Occitan: Sent Benet de Saul) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
Commune
The priory of Saint-Benoît
Location of Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
Coordinates: 46°26′29″N 1°23′29″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementLe Blanc
CantonSaint-Gaultier
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Christian Brec
Area
1
1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
576
  Density320/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
36182 /36170
Elevation175–246 m (574–807 ft)
(avg. 223 m or 732 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is a medieval village, perched in a curve on a rocky butte overlooking the Portefeuille River in the former province of Berry. In 1988, it was named one of "the most beautiful villages of France."


History


Located in the area of Gaul settled by a powerful Celtic tribe, the Bituriges, "Kings of the World" (summa penes imperii bituriges), powerful until their defeat against Julius Caesar at Bourges (Avaricum), part of Roman Aquitania.

Two dolmens (Passebonneau and des Gorces) near to Saint-Benoît-du-Sault attest to the ancientness of human presence, if not of the Bituriges. Ten centuries later, in 974, some benedictine monks of Sacierges-Saint-Martin took refuge on a granite spur, where they founded a priory: Salis, future Saint-Benoît-du-Sault. From the 10th to the 17th century, the history of the priory and the new village is made up of resistance to the possessive desires of feudal neighbours, such as the Limoges and de Brosse family. The town was surrounded by a double line of ramparts. The first, the most ancient, protected the priory, the church and the fort, the second established in the 15th century, encircled the commercial part. Its maze of narrow cobbled streets remains popular with sightseers.


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,200    
1800 973−18.9%
1806 1,148+18.0%
1821 1,121−2.4%
1831 1,243+10.9%
1836 1,265+1.8%
1841 1,258−0.6%
1846 1,208−4.0%
1851 1,220+1.0%
1856 1,173−3.9%
1861 1,072−8.6%
1866 1,099+2.5%
1872 1,112+1.2%
1876 1,078−3.1%
1881 1,141+5.8%
1886 1,112−2.5%
1891 1,096−1.4%
1896 1,008−8.0%
YearPop.±%
1901 948−6.0%
1906 1,031+8.8%
1911 939−8.9%
1921 934−0.5%
1926 872−6.6%
1931 826−5.3%
1936 759−8.1%
1946 801+5.5%
1954 702−12.4%
1962 699−0.4%
1968 822+17.6%
1975 864+5.1%
1982 836−3.2%
1990 856+2.4%
1999 766−10.5%
2006 714−6.8%
2009 677−5.2%

Sights


Of architectural significance:


Personalities


People associated with Saint-Benoît-du-Sault:


See also



Citations


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.

General bibliography





На других языках


- [en] Saint-Benoît-du-Sault

[es] Saint-Benoît-du-Sault

Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (en lengua occitana Sant Benoit dau Saut) es una comuna francesa del sur del departamento del Indre en la región del Centro y dentro del espacio natural del Boischaut Sur.

[ru] Сен-Бенуа-дю-Со

Сен-Бенуа́-дю-Со (фр. Saint-Benoît-du-Sault) — коммуна во Франции, административный центр кантона Сен-Бенуа-дю-Со, округ Ле-Блан департамента Эндр, Центр — Долина Луары. Расположена на расстоянии[1] около 280 км на юг от Парижа, 170 км на юг от Орлеана, 50 км на юго-запад от Шатору.



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