III, Count of Anjou (970–1040), one of the first great builders of medieval castles. Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863), poet, playwright, and novelist. Pierre Nicolas Gerdy (1797-1856), French physician, surgeon, anatomist, pathologist and physiologist, Ernest Christophe (1827–1892), sculptor, François Rude's student and a friend of Baudelaire, Jacques Villeret (1951–2005), actor. International relations Loches is twinned with: Wermelskirchen, Germany St Andrews, Fife, Scotland See also Château d'Armaillé Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department References External links Tourism office website Communes of Indre-et-Loire Subprefectures in France Touraine Fortified settlements