Montbouy

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Location of Montbouy

(2020–2026) Yves Boscardin^[1]Area

26.73 km² (10.32 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

730 • Density27/km² (71/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

45210 /45230

Elevation102–154 m (335–505 ft)Websitemontbouy.fr¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montbouy (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃bwi]) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Geography

The Aveyron river flows into the Loing in the commune.

History

Neolithic artefacts have been found on each side of the Loing river, downstream from Montbouy near Craon.^[3]

Many Celtic remains suggest that Montbouy was one of the Boii main towns until 1,500 years B.C.. At that time they came under pressure from the Belgae in the north and the Vascones in the south; consequently they left their territory in the Gâtinais around Montargis between the Loing river and the Rimarde river^{[Note 1]} and, accompanied with some Lingones and Senones they went south to found Bolonia in North Italy. After they left their territory was occupied by the Senones and the Carnutes.^[4]

Notes

^ This area includes such town names as Boësses, Boynes or Bouilly.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ (in French) Les théâtres ruraux des Carnutes et des Sénons : leur implantation et leurs rapports avec la Civitas. Mrs F. Dumasy. In Revue archéologique du Centre de la France, 1974, Vol. 13, n°13-3-4, pp. 195-218.
^ (in French) Boutet de Monvel Eugène, Nouvelle étude sur les ruines celtiques et gallo-romaines de la commune de Triguères. In Mémoire de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts d'Orléans, tome 7, éd. Émile Puget & Co, Orléans, 1863, pages 137-172.