Arville, Loir-et-Cher

Arville is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Couëtron-au-Perche.[2]

Arville
Part of Couëtron-au-Perche
Church of Our Lady
Coat of arms
Location of Arville
Arville Arville
Coordinates: 48°03′49″N 0°56′53″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Le Perche
Commune	Couëtron-au-Perche
Area ^1	9.75 km^2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	100
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	41170
Elevation	157–204 m (515–669 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sights

Arville's 12th-Century commandry now hosts a museum on the Crusades and the Knights Templar.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 350 —     1800 346 −1.1% 1806 385 +11.3% 1821 409 +6.2% 1831 399 −2.4% 1836 430 +7.8% 1841 388 −9.8% 1846 385 −0.8% 1851 358 −7.0% 1856 371 +3.6% 1861 347 −6.5% 1866 349 +0.6% 1872 318 −8.9% 1876 344 +8.2% 1881 329 −4.4% 1886 358 +8.8% 1891 376 +5.0% 1896 374 −0.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 355 −5.1% 1906 334 −5.9% 1911 314 −6.0% 1921 303 −3.5% 1926 307 +1.3% 1931 288 −6.2% 1936 288 +0.0% 1946 274 −4.9% 1954 248 −9.5% 1962 229 −7.7% 1968 228 −0.4% 1975 178 −21.9% 1982 152 −14.6% 1990 122 −19.7% 1999 108 −11.5% 2006 118 +9.3% 2009 119 +0.8% 2015 80 −32.8%

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 10 July 2017 (in French)

External links

• The Commandry Official site
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)