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Cangey is a village of Indre et Loire located between Amboise and Blois. The village counted 986 Cangéens at the 2004 january 15. Its current extension shows the possibility for the 1000 inhabitants in some time. They are even distributed in the borough him, and the hamlets which surround it in particular Fleuray, stronghold of our wine growers! The village lengthened on a southern northern axis has a surface of 2 298 hectares distributed between the alluvial plain of the Loire and the plateau undulated (the center borough is with 62m). The limits eastern and western are rather wooded. Agriculture occupies the 2/3 of the surface of the commune, primarily out of cereals, but also 120 hectares of vine in name Touraine Amboise and "Crémant de Loire", without forgetting two significant bovine breedings and the Duck breeding of the Mill of lée which produces one day old ducks as well as preparations containing duck. The fast extension of the population will allow in the near future to connecting the hamlets of "la touche", "les maillets", "les Cormiers", and Bataillou with the borough. Only Fleuray, stronghold of our wine growers and distant from 4km preserve a relative independence! Its fastening with Cangey goes back only to 1822! This hamlet has two characteristics: In the center a communal well restored, and its small church which was transformed into wine store.(the bell is with the museum of Tours).. |
  la pierre David |
The origin of Cangey: Cangey is quoted for the first time at the end of Xéme siécle in the cartulaire of Saint Julien de Tours under the name of Cangiacum the village was the seat of a châtellenie concerning Chaumont, of a maladrery concerned with the castle of Amboise, of a priory of the Our-Lady abbey of Bourgmoyen of Blois and probable theatre of a battle between Sulpice d' Amboise and Bouchard de Saint-Amand, seneshal of Vendôme (1143). In the past attached to the diocése of Blois, the church, dedicated to Saint Martin present of significant vestiges of XIéme and XIIéme siécles and was increased at XVIéme siécle his apse at three sides offers beautiful stained glasses. The church in detail. A fortress which was standing up with blank of slope with totaly disappeared. The current castle of Cangey(or Cangy), made of two buildings with surely succeeded the fortress. The woodworks of the show and the grids of the windows come from the castle of Chanteloup, property of the duke of Choiseul, destroyed in 1823 by the Black Band. A last curiosity: The menhir named "Pierre David" is a block of limestone strongly worn of 2,20m top on 2m broad. It could go up at the end of the Neolithic era, of the polished stone axes were found around. the legend: Gargantua, digging his vine of Jupeaux, felt a stone which obstructed it in its shoe. He shook it and the stone fell into a field downwards, it was"la Pierre David". Alcofribas Nasier(François Rabelais) gave rise to Gargantua in XVIéme siécle in Deviniére, located at 50km of Cangey. More recently, during the second world war, Cangey with accomodated certain services of the ministére of the air. |
 The well of Fleuray | ||
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