Yèvre-le-Châtel

Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

CalipsFrance Loiret Yevre-le-Chatel Chateau 03 CC BY-SA 3.0
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GIRAUD PatrickFrance Loiret Yevre-le-Chatel Eglise Saint-Lubin 01 CC BY-SA 3.0
Foulques48La roseraie-conservatoire Marcel Robichon CC BY-SA 4.0
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Foulques48Oeuvre de Claude Mercier - L'envol CC BY-SA 4.0
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On the last rocky spur at the edge of the Beauce plain, Yèvre-le-Châtel held out through the Hundred Years' War when almost every stronghold north of the Loire fell, and its captain fought beside Joan of Arc to free Orléans. Philip Augustus had the castle rebuilt around 1200, and today the village is one of only two in France labelled a Jardin remarquable.

Highlights

The castle rebuilt around 1200 with defences learned on the Crusades
Views over the Rimarde valley from the rocky spur
Gardens that earned the village the rare Jardin remarquable label

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Yèvre-le-Châtel). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 210

Specialities of Centre-Val de Loire

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

CoyauCrottin 02 CC BY-SA 3.0
Crottin de ChavignolCheeseSmall goat's cheese, eaten fresh or aged and dry
Pierre-Yves BeaudouinValençay 04 CC BY-SA 4.0
ValençayCheesePyramid-shaped goat's cheese, protected by an AOC
CoyauPouligny-saint-pierre (fromage) 03 CC BY-SA 3.0
Pouligny-Saint-PierreCheesePyramid-shaped goat's cheese from the Brenne
SancerreWineWhite, red and rosé AOC wines of the Loire hills
Menetou-SalonWine
Marianne CasamanceSoupe de lentilles verte du Berry CC BY-SA 4.0
Berry green lentil (FR)Local produceProtected green lentil, also cooked as a soup