Autry-le-Châtel

Autry-le-Châtel is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Autry-le-Châtel
Commune
Old postcard of Autry-le-Châtel
Coat of arms
Location of Autry-le-Châtel
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Coordinates: 47°35′54″N 2°36′11″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loiret
Arrondissement	Montargis
Canton	Gien
Intercommunality	CC Berry Loire Puisaye
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jacques Girault
Area ^1	50.56 km^2 (19.52 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	961
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	45016 /45500
Elevation	141–236 m (463–774 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

There is the church of Saint-Etienne, in the center of the village; it is a catholic church. There is also a castle.

A famous cheese in this region is the Crottin de Chavignol. If you want to buy it, you can go near Autry in different farms (for example, Le Grand Bardelet farm).

Geography

The commune of Autry-le-Châtel is located in the southeast of the department of Loiret, in the agricultural region of Berry. It is located 62.1 km from Orléans, prefecture of the department, 45.8 km from Montargis, sub-prefecture, and 11.4 km from Châtillon-sur-Loire. The nearest municipalities are: Cernoy-en-Berry (7.7 km), Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre (8 km), Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire (8.1 km), Coullons (8.7 km) km), Poilly-lez-Gien (8.9 km), Blancafort (9.1 km, in the Cher), Saint-Firmin-sur-Loire (10.2 km), Gien (10.6 km), Briare (11 km) and Châtillon-sur-Loire (11.4 km).

Places and monuments

• The remains of the old castle dating from the twelfth century
• The Small Castle dating from the end of the fifteenth century, listed as a historic monument on January 6, 1971
• The Saint-Etienne Church of the nineteenth century bears the name of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity", motto of the French Republic
• A laundry
• The forest of Saint-Brisson
• The valley of Notre-Heure and its paddle-mills
• The pond of Coudreaux.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,200	—
1800	860	−28.3%
1806	895	+4.1%
1821	1,270	+41.9%
1831	1,225	−3.5%
1836	1,364	+11.3%
1841	1,354	−0.7%
1846	1,391	+2.7%
1851	1,552	+11.6%
1856	1,514	−2.4%
1861	1,528	+0.9%
1866	1,537	+0.6%
1872	1,525	−0.8%
1876	1,545	+1.3%
1881	1,622	+5.0%
1886	1,605	−1.0%
1891	1,666	+3.8%
1896	1,592	−4.4%
1901	1,606	+0.9%
1906	1,577	−1.8%
1911	1,520	−3.6%
1921	1,300	−14.5%
1926	1,237	−4.8%
1931	1,162	−6.1%
1936	1,070	−7.9%
1946	1,096	+2.4%
1954	959	−12.5%
1962	879	−8.3%
1968	853	−3.0%
1975	835	−2.1%
1982	937	+12.2%
1990	919	−1.9%
1999	1,015	+10.4%
2006	1,050	+3.4%
2009	1,020	−2.9%
2014	989	−3.0%

See also

• Communes of the Loiret department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.