Villedieu-le-Château

Villedieu-le-Château is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

Villedieu-le-Château
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Villedieu-le-Château
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Coordinates: 47°43′15″N 0°38′56″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Montoire-sur-le-Loir
Intercommunality	Pays de Ronsard
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Yves Narquin
Area ^1	29.65 km^2 (11.45 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	414
• Density	14/km^2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41279 /41800
Elevation	60–133 m (197–436 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Villedieu-le-Château borders the commune of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir (Sarthe) and marks the most eastern extension of the department and of the Bas-Vendômois. The Niclos stream traverses the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,180 —     1806 1,307 +10.8% 1821 1,323 +1.2% 1831 1,303 −1.5% 1841 1,250 −4.1% 1851 1,203 −3.8% 1861 1,108 −7.9% 1872 949 −14.4% 1881 905 −4.6% 1891 963 +6.4% 1901 955 −0.8% 1911 949 −0.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 771 −18.8% 1931 758 −1.7% 1946 798 +5.3% 1954 761 −4.6% 1962 774 +1.7% 1968 719 −7.1% 1975 605 −15.9% 1982 553 −8.6% 1990 462 −16.5% 1999 420 −9.1% 1006 410 −2.4% 2015 408 −0.5%

Sights

The village is dominated by the medieval fortified enceinte of a ruined medieval monastic foundation established by the Abbey of the Trinity at Vendôme. The cult of Our Lady of Pity was transferred to the 15th-century parish church, which possesses early painting on wood, and which is the site of an annual pilgrimage in September.

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

References

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