Neuilly-le-Brignon

Neuilly-le-Brignon is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Neuilly-le-Brignon
Commune
Church of Saint Saturnin.
Location of Neuilly-le-Brignon
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Coordinates: 46°58′32″N 0°47′24″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Loches
Canton	Descartes
Intercommunality	CC Loches Sud Touraine
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Dominique Cointre
Area ^1	22 km^2 (8 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	300
• Density	14/km^2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37168 /37160
Elevation	62–124 m (203–407 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is a small village near Descartes, Le Grand-Pressigny, and Abilly.

History

The village of Neuilly-le-Brignon is mentioned for the first time by Gregory of Tours in the sixth century under the name of Noviliacus vicus and Nobiliacensis pagus. Later versions of the name can be found in references to Parochia de Nuilleis (1195), Nuillé (1234) and Nuilleius (18th century), but from the 15th to the 19th centuries it was most often called Neuillé or Neuilly le Noble, despite receiving its current name in 1793 at the height of the French Revolution.[2]

The church of Saint Saturnin was founded circa 550 by Saint Bauld, the bishop of Tours. The presence of walls of small stonework show that some of the building dates to at least the 11th century. The doorway dates from the 12th century with its typical four orders decorated with flowers, helices, nail heads and a torus decorated with a zig-zag pattern.[2]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	702	—
1800	640	−8.8%
1806	713	+11.4%
1821	631	−11.5%
1831	760	+20.4%
1836	771	+1.4%
1841	602	−21.9%
1846	776	+28.9%
1851	746	−3.9%
1856	767	+2.8%
1861	753	−1.8%
1866	765	+1.6%
1872	702	−8.2%
1876	679	−3.3%
1881	689	+1.5%
1886	708	+2.8%
1891	690	−2.5%
1896	657	−4.8%
1901	628	−4.4%
1906	651	+3.7%
1911	652	+0.2%
1921	591	−9.4%
1926	566	−4.2%
1931	554	−2.1%
1936	570	+2.9%
1946	563	−1.2%
1954	555	−1.4%
1962	535	−3.6%
1968	476	−11.0%
1975	381	−20.0%
1982	325	−14.7%
1990	315	−3.1%
1999	308	−2.2%
2006	315	+2.3%
2009	311	−1.3%

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Commune de Neuilly-le-Brignon. "Histoire de la commune - Site officiel de la Mairie de Neuilly-le-Brignon (Indre-et-Loire, 37)". www.neuillylebrignon.fr. Retrieved 2017-11-10.