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%
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

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