Triguères

Triguères
The town hall The town hall
Coat of arms of Triguères Coat of arms
Triguères
Location within Centre region Triguères
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Montargis
Canton	Château-Renard
Government
• Mayor (2001–2007)	Michel Raigneau
Area1	35.78 km2 (13.81 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	1,332
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	45329 / 45220
Elevation	112–192 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

The commune is traversed by the Ouanne River.

History

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Triguères on Cassini map

Standing on the path from Orleans 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.).

Celtic times

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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.

Roman period

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

Greater Triguères entirely disappeared in 451 when Attila passed through the valley, coming from Orleans 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. Triguères waited for six centuries to start its rebirth, and it never recovered its former splendour.

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 11th century.

The Chatelet house was built in 1550.

• Triguères-Eglise Saint Martin, Loiret, France.JPG

  Saint-Martin church seen from the south-east
• Église trigueres-porche.JPG

  Roman porch, Saint-Martin church, Triguères
• Triguères-Reliquaires église St Martin, Loiret, France.JPG

  Reliquaries of Saint-Martin church in Triguères

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department

References

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