Azay-le-Ferron

French commune
nomcommune= Azay-le-Ferron
région=Centre
département=Indre
arrondissement=Le Blanc
canton=Mézières-en-Brenne
insee=36010
cp=36290
maire= Marie-Noëlle Ledoux
mandat=2005-2008
intercomm=Cœur de Brenne
longitude=1.07
latitude=46.8525
alt moy=102 m
alt mini=77
alt maxi=143 m
hectares=6095
km²=60.95
sans=1016
date-sans=2003
dens=16|

Azay-le-Ferron is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

It is situtated in the "Parc naturel régional de la Brenne", spanning parts of the historic "pays" of Berry and Touraine. Azay-Le-Ferron takes its name from ironworks, from which iron was extracted as late as the nineteenth century, and a deformation of "aqua", "water".

The château, upon which the ancient commune depended, ranges from fifteenth century construction — the round tower — to eighteenth century, harmonized by the warm stone of which it is built and the blue-gray slates of its various roofs. The ancestral seat of the family Hersent Luzarche, bequeathed to the city of Tours in 1951, now houses a collection of furniture, both of the French Renaissance and in Empire style. It is surrounded by a series of parterre gardens, some with clipped topiary, and a landscaped park.

Demographics

Démographie
1962= 1325
1968= 1364
1975= 1314
1982= 1146
1990= 1036
1999= 991
2003= 1016
sansdoublescomptes= 1962

ee also

*Communes of the Indre department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."