Coulanges

An ecclesiastical foundation in the 12th century would justify the etymology of "colonia", land cleared in the Blémars forest. The parish may have been named "Saint Denys en Blaisois" (stained-glass window of Saint-Denis de Coulanges by L. Lobin, Tours 1872) before the revolutionaries dubbed it a "Cou-sans-culotte".

The old farms of La Plaine (Ferme de la Chesnaie) are the remains of seigneurial houses or property confiscated from the nearby Guiche abbey (Miséricorde de stalle de la...