Sully-sur-Loire

Sully-sur-Loire
Commune
Château of Sully-sur-Loire
Coat of arms
Location of Sully-sur-Loire
Sully-sur-Loire Sully-sur-Loire
Coordinates: 47°45′57″N 2°22′34″E / 47.7658°N 2.3761°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orléans
Canton	Sully-sur-Loire
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Noël Cardoux
Area 1	43.6 km2 (16.8 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2017)[1]	5,348
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	45315 /45600
Elevation	107–151 m (351–495 ft) (avg. 119 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sully-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is the seat of the canton of Sully-sur-Loire. The canton includes the communes of:

• Cerdon
• Guilly
• Isdes
• Lion-en-Sullias
• Saint-Aignan-le-Jaillard
• Saint-Florent
• Saint-Père-sur-Loire
• Sully-sur-Loire
• Viglain
• Villemurlin

Castles

The château of Sully-sur-Loire dates from the end of the 14th century and is a prime example of medieval fortress. It was built at a strategic crossing of the Loire river. The château was expanded by Maximilien de Béthune, first duke of Sully and Minister of King Henry IV of France (1560–1641), who is buried on the grounds of his château. The family of the dukes of Sully retained ownership of the château until the 20th century.

King Louis XIV, his mother Queen Anne of Austria and prime minister Cardinal Mazarin sought refuge in the château of Sully-sur-Loire in March 1652 after being driven out of Paris during the revolt of the French nobility known as the Fronde.

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department

References

External links

• Official website of the château of Sully-sur-Loire (in French)
• Official website of the Château de la Huardière, Sully-sur-Loire