Azay-le-Ferron

Chateau

Coat of arms

Azay-le-Ferron

Location within Centre-Val de Loire region

Azay-le-Ferron

Coordinates: 46°51′09″N 1°04′12″E / 46.8525°N 1.07°ECoordinates: 46°51′09″N 1°04′12″E / 46.8525°N 1.07°E

Country

Mézières-en-Brenne

Cœur de Brenne

Government

• Mayor (2008–2014)

Martine Prault

Area¹

60.95 km² (23.53 sq mi)

Population (2009)²

934

• Density

15/km² (40/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

36010 /36290

Elevation

77–143 m (253–469 ft)
(avg. 102 m or 335 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

It is situated in the parc naturel régional de la Brenne, spanning parts of the historic province 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 d'Azay-le-Ferron, 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.

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