Sully-sur-Loire

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Coordinates: 47°45′57″N 2°22′34″E / 47.76583, 2.3761

Administration
Commune of Sully-sur-Loire The château of Sully-sur-Loire
Location

Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Orléans
Canton	Sully-sur-Loire (chief town)
Mayor	M. Jean-Noël Cardoux (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	107 m–151 m (avg. 119 m)
Land area^¹	43.6 km²
Population^² (2005)	5,830
- Density	135/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	45315/ 45600
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sully-sur-Loire is a commune of the Loiret département in France.

[edit] Castle

Main article: Château de Sully-sur-Loire

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.