Pellevoisin
Pellevoisin | |
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 The convent and Marian shrine in Pellevoisin | |
Location of Pellevoisin  | |
  Pellevoisin  Pellevoisin | |
| Coordinates: 46°59′04″N 1°24′54″E / 46.9844°N 1.415°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre |
| Arrondissement | Châteauroux |
| Canton | Valençay |
| Intercommunality | Écueillé-Valençay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Sauget[1] |
| Area 1 | 25.62 km2 (9.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 794 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 36155 /36180 |
| Elevation | 117–192 m (384–630 ft) (avg. 168 m or 551 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Pellevoisin (French pronunciation: [pɛlvwazɛ̃]) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.
Marian apparitions
[edit]On the night of 14 February 1876, as she lay in Pellevoisin dying of pulmonary tuberculosis, Estelle Faguette, a domestic servant, reportedly saw the Virgin Mary. Four days later, during the fifth apparition, Estelle seemed to be healed instantaneously. Subsequently, she had 10 other apparitions until 8 December 1876. She lived another fifty years, dying in 1929. She stated that Mary told her, 'If you want to serve me, be simple, and let your words and deeds agree'; that Mary asked that people should wear a scapular of the Sacred Heart, and that Mary indicated that she was distressed by people's neglect of her Son in prayer and the Blessed Sacrament.[3]
The archbishops of Bourges have never pronounced on Estelle Faguette's reputed visions, although her cure has been formally recognised as a miracle; the Vatican has also given its approval for use of the Scapular of the Sacred Heart.[4]
The Shrine of Our Lady of Pellevoisin which was built with the help of the La Rochefoucauld-Montbel family is now entrusted to friars and sisters of the Community of St Jean; an annual pilgrimage takes place there on the last weekend in August.[5]
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 940 | — |
| 1975 | 926 | −0.21% |
| 1982 | 1,027 | +1.49% |
| 1990 | 916 | −1.42% |
| 1999 | 886 | −0.37% |
| 2009 | 847 | −0.45% |
| 2014 | 803 | −1.06% |
| 2020 | 797 | −0.12% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ ""Who is Our Lady of Pellevoisin?", The Mary Page, University of Dayton". Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ Estelle Faguette (1993). Pellevoisin: Estelle nous parle... : autobiographie et récit des quinze apparitions par la voyante. Monastère des dominicaines.
- ^ Shrine Leaflet: Un sanctuaire marial consacré à la miséricorde
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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