France Commune of Beaugency Château de Beaugency
Région	Centre
Département	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orléans
Canton	Beaugency
Intercommunality
Mayor	Claude Bourdin (2001-2008)
Land area¹	16.45 km²
Population² ()	7,106
Population density ()	953.8 pers./km²
Altitude	78 m - 118 m (avg. 98 m)
INSEE/Postal code	45028 / 45190
1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². 2 Not counting those already counted in another commune (such as students and military personnel).

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Coordinates: 01° 37' 57" E, 47° 46' 45" N

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Beaugency is a town and commune on the right bank of Loire River in the Loiret département, France. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... The Loire River (pronounced in French), the longest river in France with a length of just over 1000 km, drains an area of 117,000 km², more than a fifth of France. ... Loiret is a département in north-central France named after the Loiret River. ... Template:France divisions levels, Junkyard Willie The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ...

History

The city of Beaugency has experienced a sometimes violent military history. It was occupied on four separate occasions by the English. On June 16 – 17, 1429, it was the site of the famous Battle of Beaugency, when it was finally freed by Joan of Arc. Combatants France England Commanders Joan of Arc, John II of Alençon John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury The Battle of Beaugency took place on 16 - 17 June, 1429. ... Joan of Arc, also known as Jeanne dArc[1] or Jeanne la Pucelle (6 January 1412 – 30 May 1431),[2] is a national heroine of France and a saint of the Catholic Church. ...

Beaugency also played an important strategic role in the Hundred Years' War. It was burned by the protestants in 1567 and suffered extensive damage to the walls, the castle, and the church. In 1940 and again in 1944 the city was bombed by Nazi Germany. Europe during the height of the Hundred Years War, the Kalmar union, Marinids and Hafsids in the South, and the final decay of the Byzantine Empire, 1430 A.D. The Hundred Years War is the name modern historians have given to what was a series of related conflicts, fought over...

On September 16, 1944: surrender of the German Major General Botho Henning Elster with 18,850 men and 754 officers at the Loire bridge of Beaugency to US-Major General Robert C. Macon of the 83rd Infantry Division. September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... The 83rd Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. World War I Activated: September 1917. ...

Economic

Until 1846 Beaugency was an important commercial center due to trade along the Loire. After trade moved from the river to rail traffic, the city's role changed and Beaugency became a market center for the surrounding agricultural district. Today Beaugency's economy depends largely on tourism.

Sights

• Church Saint Etienne (11th century)
• Abbey church (12th century)
• Lock of Dunois (14. /15th century)
• City hall (16th century)

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