Triguères

Triguères is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Triguères
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Triguères
Triguères
Triguères
Coordinates: 47°56′21″N 2°58′54″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoiret
ArrondissementMontargis
CantonCourtenay
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Moreau
Area
1
35.78 km2 (13.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,293
 • Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
45329 /45220
Elevation112–192 m (367–630 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the Ouanne River.

History
Triguères on Cassini map

Standing on the path from Orléans to Troyes - a major road from prehistoric times until the beginning of 19th century -, Triguères has provided many important prehistoric, Celtic and Roman remnants of its rich past.

Mousterian settlements

In 1922 a large Mousterian site was discovered at La Garenne. The artefacts found there, date from the end of acheulean tradition (from 500,000 to 300,000 y.a.) to the end of mousterian (30,000 y.a.).[2]

Celtic times
Trilithe du Vieux-Garçon (“The Old Boy”)

A Celtic oppidum over 22 acres wide stood on the hill north of the river, surveilling the « chemin Perré » ("stone path") where flint stones were used according to the Celtic method, and not stone slabs as per the Roman method.[3]

Roman period

Triguères is a choice candidate for being the Vellaunodunum mentioned by Julius Caesar's in Commentarii de Bello Gallico.[3][4][5] The remnants of a large Gallo-Roman town were found in the 1850-1860, notably an amphitheatre,[3][Note 1] a cemetery in 1857,[6] a source sanctuary at the moulin du Chemin in 1858,[6][Note 2] Gallo-Roman villas at les Vallées and les Monts,[Note 3][Note 4] a Gallo-Roman temple,[3] an aqueduct and two public Roman baths.[3]

Greater Triguères entirely disappeared in 451 when Attila passed through the valley, coming from Orléans which he failed to take (his first major drawback in his campaign) and on his way to a full defeat at the battle of the Catalaunian Plains.[3] Triguères waited for six centuries to start its rebirth, and it never recovered its former splendour.[6]

Middle Ages

Saint Alpais of Cudot and his legend precede Triguères' rebuilding, along with the Christian expansion. Saint-Martin church dates back from the end of the 11th century.

The Chatelet house was built in 1550.

  • Saint-Martin church seen from the south-east
  • Roman porch, Saint-Martin church, Triguères
  • Reliquaries of Saint-Martin church in Triguères

See also

References
Notes
  1. Coordinates of the amphitheatre: 47°56′29.45″N 2°58′48.26″E. It is still clearly visible in aerial photographs. Even though a house was built there, the relief of its large semi circle figure unmistakably shows on local maps with altitude lines.
  2. Coordinates of the moulin du Chemin: 47°56′18.88″N 2°58′48.98″E.
  3. Coordinates of lieu-dit Les Vallées: 47°55′55.73″N 2°58′21.75″E
  4. Coordinates of lieudit Les Monts: 47°56′7.13″N 2°57′2.28″E
References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. (in French) La station moustérienne de la Garenne, commune de Triguères (Loiret). Aurèle Chevillon, Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France, volume 47, n° 6-8, 1950, pages 372-375.
  3. (in French) Nouvelle étude sur les ruines celtiques et gallo-romaines de la commune de Triguères. Eugène Boutet de Monvel. Mémoire de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts d'Orléans, tome 7, 1863, pages 137-172
  4. M.A. Bréan, Itinéraire de l'expédition de César, 1865.
  5. (in French) Étude sur les expéditions de Jules César dans les Carnutes. Eugène Boutet de Monvel. Mémoire de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts d'Orléans, tome 7, 1863, pages 5-102.
  6. (in French) Histoire d'il y a belle lurette..., Triguères. Liliane Violas, L’Éclaireur du Gâtinais n° 2780, 11 February 1999.
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