Loudun
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Coordinates: 47°00′38″N 0°05′04″E / 47.0105555556°N 0.0844444444444°E
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Commune of Loudun |
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  Loudun
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Châtellerault |
| Canton | Loudun (chef-lieu) |
| Intercommunality | Pays Loudunais |
| Mayor | Jean Touret (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 47–120 m (150–390 ft) (avg. 90 m/300 ft) |
| Land area1 | 43.77 km2 (16.90 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 7,704 (1999) |
| - Density | 176 /km² (460 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 86137/ 86200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Loudun is a small town and commune of approximately 9,000 inhabitants in the Vienne département and in the Poitou-Charentes région of France. It is located 30 km (19 mi) south of the town of Chinon and 25km to the east of the town Thouars. The area south of Loudun is the place of origin of a significant portion of the Acadians, one of the early founding people of New France and Canada[1].
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[edit] Sights
An ancient town, Loudun contains numerous old streets, and buildings and monuments of which five are Government-listed monuments. It is also the location of a vicus type archaeological site.
[edit] Loudun possessions
- Main article: Loudun possessions
Loudun was the site of hysteria concerning the mass possession of nuns by the Devil in 1634.
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] Famous Loudunois
Loudun is the birthplace of:
- Jean Salmon Macrin (1490-1557), Neo-Latin poet
- Théophraste Renaudot (1586-1653), medical practitioner, inventor of French written press, journalist, philanthropist
- Ismaël Bullialdus (1604-1694), astronomer
- Marie Besnard, accused of poisoning in the '50s in what was a very mediatized trial; her story was the subject of a successful tv movie and of several books
- René Monory, mayor of Loudun, senator of Vienne, president of the French Senate, Minister of Education, president of the Vienne General Council, fonder of the Futuroscope park of Poitiers
- Nicolas Ghesquière (born 1972), creator at the head of the French fashion house Balenciaga was born in 1972 in Comines, Nord-Pas-de-Calais but was always raised in Loudun where his parents own a golf course.
Loudun is the place of death of:
- André Andrejew (March 16, 1967), French-Russian classic film production designer, built decors for movies produced in Germany, France, England and the US.
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[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Loudun |
- Tourisme Loudun (in French)
