Azay-le-Ferron

Azay-le-Ferron
Chateau Chateau
Coat of arms of Azay-le-Ferron Coat of arms
Azay-le-Ferron
Location within Centre region Azay-le-Ferron
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Le Blanc
Canton	Mézières-en-Brenne
Intercommunality	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)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,325	—
1968	1,364	+2.9%
1975	1,314	−3.7%
1982	1,146	−12.8%
1990	1,036	−9.6%
1999	991	−4.3%
2009	934	−5.8%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE