Châteauvieux, Loir-et-Cher

Châteauvieux

Castle Chateauvieux

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Châteauvieux

Coordinates: 47°13′50″N 1°23′02″E / 47.2306°N 1.3839°E / 47.2306; 1.3839Coordinates: 47°13′50″N 1°23′02″E / 47.2306°N 1.3839°E / 47.2306; 1.3839
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement Romorantin-Lanthenay
Canton Saint-Aignan
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Val de Cher - Saint-Aignan
Government
  Mayor Yves Menager
Area1 33.48 km2 (12.93 sq mi)
Population (1999)2 575
  Density 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 41042 / 41110
Elevation 79–160 m (259–525 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Châteauvieux is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher département in central France.

The church of Saint-Hilaire was mostly built in the 13th century in the Plantagenet Gothic style characterised by the cross ribbed cup-shaped vaulting.

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