Loir en Vallée

Loir en Vallée
The château of Poncé
Location of Loir en Vallée
Loir en Vallée
Loir en Vallée
Coordinates: 47°45′04″N 0°37′16″E / 47.751°N 0.621°E / 47.751; 0.621
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentSarthe
ArrondissementLa Flèche
CantonMontval-sur-Loir
IntercommunalityLoir-Lucé-Bercé
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Galiène Cohu[1]
Area
1
64.76 km2 (25.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
2,052
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
72262 /72310, 72340
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loir en Vallée (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ ɑ̃ vale], literally Loir in Valley) is a commune in the department of Sarthe, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Ruillé-sur-Loir (the seat), La Chapelle-Gaugain, Lavenay and Poncé-sur-le-Loir.[3]

Ruillé-sur-Loir was the first home to the Brothers of St. Joseph, now the Congregation of Holy Cross associated with the University of Notre Dame in the USA.[4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,347—    
1975 2,218−0.80%
1982 2,410+1.19%
1990 2,388−0.11%
1999 2,321−0.32%
2007 2,278−0.23%
2012 2,227−0.45%
2017 2,173−0.49%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 16 December 2016 (in French)
  4. ^ https://holycrosscongregation.org/news/congregation-kicks-off-celebratory-year-marking-the-200th-anniversary-of-the-brothers-of-st-joseph/
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE