Levroux
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Levroux | ||
| Coordinates: 46°58′41″N 1°36′49″E / 46.9781°N 1.6136°ECoordinates: 46°58′41″N 1°36′49″E / 46.9781°N 1.6136°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre | |
| Arrondissement | Châteauroux | |
| Canton | Levroux | |
| Intercommunality | Région de Levroux | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Alain Fried | |
| Area1 | 72.04 km2 (27.81 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013)2 | 2,997 | |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 36093 / 36110 | |
| Elevation |
125–190 m (410–623 ft) (avg. 141 m or 463 ft) | |
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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. | ||
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Levroux is a commune in the Indre department in central France, to the north of Châteauroux. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Saint-Martin-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux.[1] Its Porte de Champagne fortified gateway is the only survivor of its seven gates. It is famous for its local delicacy of goats' cheese.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 2,800 | — |
| 1800 | 2,620 | −6.4% |
| 1806 | 2,719 | +3.8% |
| 1821 | 2,975 | +9.4% |
| 1831 | 3,058 | +2.8% |
| 1836 | 3,161 | +3.4% |
| 1841 | 3,166 | +0.2% |
| 1846 | 3,385 | +6.9% |
| 1851 | 3,576 | +5.6% |
| 1856 | 3,529 | −1.3% |
| 1861 | 3,867 | +9.6% |
| 1866 | 4,014 | +3.8% |
| 1872 | 4,138 | +3.1% |
| 1876 | 4,277 | +3.4% |
| 1881 | 4,086 | −4.5% |
| 1886 | 4,137 | +1.2% |
| 1891 | 4,203 | +1.6% |
| 1896 | 4,077 | −3.0% |
| 1901 | 4,093 | +0.4% |
| 1906 | 4,196 | +2.5% |
| 1911 | 4,032 | −3.9% |
| 1921 | 3,465 | −14.1% |
| 1926 | 3,410 | −1.6% |
| 1931 | 3,337 | −2.1% |
| 1936 | 3,254 | −2.5% |
| 1946 | 3,268 | +0.4% |
| 1954 | 3,312 | +1.3% |
| 1962 | 3,229 | −2.5% |
| 1968 | 3,136 | −2.9% |
| 1975 | 3,133 | −0.1% |
| 1982 | 3,124 | −0.3% |
| 1990 | 3,045 | −2.5% |
| 1999 | 2,913 | −4.3% |
| 2009 | 2,832 | −2.8% |
See also
References
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 25 September 2015 (French)
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