Le Grand-Pressigny
Le Grand-Pressigny | |
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The church in Le Grand-Pressigny | |
Location of Le Grand-Pressigny | |
| Coordinates: 46°55′16″N 0°48′13″E / 46.9211°N 0.8036°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire |
| Arrondissement | Loches |
| Canton | Descartes |
| Intercommunality | CC Loches Sud Touraine |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Le Roux |
Area 1 | 39.55 km2 (15.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 879 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37113 /37350 |
| Elevation | 52–135 m (171–443 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Le Grand-Pressigny (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁɑ̃ pʁesiɲi] ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
There is a Chalcolithic flint mine located in the commune. It produced an unusual caramel-coloured stone which appears to have been highly prized across Europe with examples found in the Pyrenees, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Blocks of flint and unfinished blanks were traded, as well as finished tools.