Château-du-Loir
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| Château-du-Loir | |
|---|---|
| The church of Saint-Guingalois
The church of Saint-Guingalois
|
|
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Sarthe |
| Arrondissement | La Flèche |
| Canton | Montval-sur-Loir |
| Area1 | 11.46 km2 (4.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)2 | 4,551 |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 72071 / 72500 |
| Elevation | 44–131 m (144–430 ft) (avg. 101 m or 331 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Château-du-Loir (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dy lwaʁ]; literally 'Château of the Loir') is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 October 2016, it was merged into the new commune Montval-sur-Loir.[1] Château-du-Loir station has rail connections to Tours and Le Mans.
Notable people
- Gervais II, lord of Château-du-Loir
- Cécile Didier (1888–1975), stage and film actress
- Guillaume des Roches (1165 - 1222), lord of Longué-Jumelles and Château-du-Loir, comrade in arms of Philippe Auguste
- Saint Siméon-François Berneux (1814 - 1866), one of the Korean Martyrs
- Pierre Loutrel (1916 - 1946), bandit
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." /> |
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for [[Wikivoyage:Château-du-Loir#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Château-du-Loir]]. |
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to [[commons:Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]]. |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This Sarthe geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 28 June 2016 Script error: No such module "In lang".
