L'Île-Bouchard | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de L’Île-Bouchard (37).svg |
Arrondissement: | Chinon |
Canton: | Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine |
Mayor: | Nathalie Vigneau[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Coordinates: | 47.1208°N 0.4256°W |
Elevation Min M: | 33 |
Elevation Max M: | 65 |
Area Km2: | 3.48 |
Insee: | 37119 |
Postal Code: | 37220 |
L'Île-Bouchard (in French pronounced as /lil buʃaʁ/) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
From 8 to 14 December 1947, L'Île-Bouchard was the site of Marian apparitions. Four girls aged 7 to 12 reported having seen the Virgin Mary and the archangel Gabriel. The site was declared an official pilgrimage of the diocese of Tours on 8 December 2001 by the archbishop Monseigneur André Vingt-Trois. Since 1999, priests and lay persons from Emmanuel Community have been in charge of the pilgrims.[2]