Authon, Loir-et-Cher
Authon is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France, next to Vendôme.
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Coordinates: 47°38′40″N 0°53′52″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Loir-et-Cher |
Arrondissement | Vendôme |
Canton | Montoire-sur-le-Loir |
Intercommunality | CA Territoires Vendômois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Dominique Oury |
Area 1 | 32.26 km2 (12.46 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 721 |
• Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 41007 /41310 |
Elevation | 90–156 m (295–512 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1793 | 799 | — |
1800 | 900 | +12.6% |
1806 | 841 | −6.6% |
1821 | 986 | +17.2% |
1831 | 901 | −8.6% |
1836 | 945 | +4.9% |
1841 | 934 | −1.2% |
1846 | 991 | +6.1% |
1851 | 993 | +0.2% |
1856 | 1,003 | +1.0% |
1861 | 992 | −1.1% |
1866 | 960 | −3.2% |
1872 | 943 | −1.8% |
1876 | 1,023 | +8.5% |
1881 | 1,016 | −0.7% |
1886 | 1,131 | +11.3% |
1891 | 1,103 | −2.5% |
1896 | 1,019 | −7.6% |
1901 | 1,047 | +2.7% |
1906 | 1,022 | −2.4% |
1911 | 989 | −3.2% |
1921 | 891 | −9.9% |
1926 | 916 | +2.8% |
1931 | 901 | −1.6% |
1936 | 869 | −3.6% |
1946 | 883 | +1.6% |
1954 | 858 | −2.8% |
1962 | 767 | −10.6% |
1968 | 767 | +0.0% |
1975 | 691 | −9.9% |
1982 | 699 | +1.2% |
1990 | 700 | +0.1% |
1999 | 697 | −0.4% |
2006 | 642 | −7.9% |
2009 | 624 | −2.8% |
2015 | 710 | +13.8% |
Economy
Economic activities are mainly agricultural, with some services including tourism (there are three castles, nature trails and a popular restaurant). A couple of streams run through the village's territory, including one facetiously named the Danube.
Personalities
The village has supplied a resistance hero, François de Brantes, and, in his daughter Anne-Aymone, a wife to former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
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References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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