Monts, Indre-et-Loire
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Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Monts | ||
| Coordinates: 47°16′41″N 0°37′31″E / 47.2781°N 0.6253°ECoordinates: 47°16′41″N 0°37′31″E / 47.2781°N 0.6253°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Tours | |
| Canton | Montbazon | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jacques Durand | |
| Area1 | 27.28 km2 (10.53 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 6,895 | |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 37159 / 37260 | |
| Elevation | 47–99 m (154–325 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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Monts is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
It was here at the Château de Candé on 3 June 1937 that The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, married the twice-divorced Wallis Warfield Simpson for whom he had abdicated the throne of England.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 1,102 | — |
| 1800 | 1,125 | +2.1% |
| 1806 | 1,274 | +13.2% |
| 1821 | 1,343 | +5.4% |
| 1831 | 1,155 | −14.0% |
| 1836 | 1,178 | +2.0% |
| 1841 | 1,212 | +2.9% |
| 1846 | 1,297 | +7.0% |
| 1851 | 1,205 | −7.1% |
| 1856 | 1,209 | +0.3% |
| 1861 | 1,317 | +8.9% |
| 1866 | 1,409 | +7.0% |
| 1872 | 1,434 | +1.8% |
| 1876 | 1,652 | +15.2% |
| 1881 | 1,551 | −6.1% |
| 1886 | 1,522 | −1.9% |
| 1891 | 1,503 | −1.2% |
| 1896 | 1,514 | +0.7% |
| 1901 | 1,430 | −5.5% |
| 1906 | 1,502 | +5.0% |
| 1911 | 1,561 | +3.9% |
| 1921 | 1,582 | +1.3% |
| 1926 | 1,486 | −6.1% |
| 1931 | 1,515 | +2.0% |
| 1936 | 1,649 | +8.8% |
| 1946 | 1,784 | +8.2% |
| 1954 | 2,129 | +19.3% |
| 1962 | 2,053 | −3.6% |
| 1968 | 3,506 | +70.8% |
| 1975 | 4,480 | +27.8% |
| 1982 | 5,421 | +21.0% |
| 1990 | 6,221 | +14.8% |
| 1999 | 6,514 | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 7,013 | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 6,895 | −1.7% |
See also
References
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