Montbouy

Montbouy is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Montbouy
Commune
The canal du Loing near Montbouy church
Location of Montbouy
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Coordinates: 47°51′43″N 2°49′12″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Montargis
Canton	Lorris
Intercommunality	Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Boscardin
Area ^1	26.73 km^2 (10.32 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	739
• Density	28/km^2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	45210 /45230
Elevation	102–154 m (335–505 ft)
Website	montbouy.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.[2]

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.[3]

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department

Notes

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

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. (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.
3. (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.