Lavardin, Loir-et-Cher

Lavardin is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

Lavardin
Commune
The 14th-century bridge and 15th-18th-century château
Coat of arms
Location of Lavardin
Lavardin
Lavardin
Coordinates: 47°44′33″N 0°53′13″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoir-et-Cher
ArrondissementVendôme
CantonMontoire-sur-le-Loir
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Thiérry Fleury
Area
1
6.71 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
183
 • Density27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
41113 /41800
Elevation63–146 m (207–479 ft)
(avg. 71 m or 233 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is located on the banks of the Loir River.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793477—    
1806440−7.8%
1821473+7.5%
1831538+13.7%
1841534−0.7%
1851497−6.9%
1861433−12.9%
1872410−5.3%
1881443+8.0%
1891455+2.7%
1901394−13.4%
1911352−10.7%
1921359+2.0%
1931342−4.7%
1946322−5.8%
1954273−15.2%
1962293+7.3%
1968268−8.5%
1975222−17.2%
1982256+15.3%
1990245−4.3%
1999262+6.9%
2008217−17.2%
2013195−10.1%

Sights

Lavardin is classified as one of the most beautiful villages of France thanks to the ruins of its mediaeval castle (see main article: Château de Lavardin), its Gothic church and frescoes, its houses and the ancient bridge. The village has been frequented by renowned painters since about 1900, most notably Busson and Sauvage.

Early history

Salomon I of Lavardin became lord of Lavardin around 1030, and his descendants ruled there for the next three centuries.[2]:133 The church of St. Genest in Lavardin was built in the mid-to-late eleventh century, but the existence of a prior Merovingian cemetery on the site attests to the village's existence for several centuries prior to Salomon's reign.[2]:133,147[3]

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References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Livingstone, Amy (2012). "Piecing together the fragments: Telling the lives of the ladies of Lavardin through image and text". In Goldy, Charlotte Newman; Livingstone, Amy (eds.). Writing medieval women's lives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230114555. OCLC 769987234.
  3. Schweitz, Daniel; Schweitz, Arlett (1981). "Le Château de Lavardin". Congrès archéologique de France. 139: 218.


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