Châlette-sur-Loing
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region | Center-Val de Loire | |
Department | Loiret | |
Arrondissement | Montargis | |
Canton | Châlette-sur-Loing (main town) | |
Community association | Montargoise et Rives du Loing | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 1 ' N , 2 ° 44' E | |
height | 77-114 m | |
surface | 13.13 km 2 | |
Residents | 12,576 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 958 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 45120 | |
INSEE code | 45068 | |
Website | http://www.ville-chalette.fr/ | |
Canal du Loing in Châlette-sur-Loing |
Châlette-sur-Loing is a commune with 12,576 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loiret in the region Center-Val de Loire . It is the administrative seat of the eponymous canton of Châlette-sur-Loing in the arrondissement of Montargis .
geography
The municipality is surrounded by Cepoy in the north, Paucourt in the east, Amilly in the south-east, Montargis in the south, Villemandeur in the south-west, Pannes in the west and Corquilleroy in the north-west. Next to the River Loing and its tributary Solin leading shipping channels Canal du Loing , Canal de Briare and Canal d'Orléans by the municipality.
history
In the 9th century the name Caderaita appears. In 1065 the town and its church were donated to the Abbey of Saint-Benoit. The Machaut family ruled the place from 1285 to 1530.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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9,531 | 12,745 | 13,820 | 14,961 | 14,591 | 13,969 | 13,026 | 13,104 |
economy
A branch of the Hutchinson rubber company gives work to numerous people.
Community partnerships
- Ponte de Lima , Portugal
- Kiev , Ukraine
- San Antonio de los Baños , Cuba
- Nilüfer , Turkey
Personalities
- Pierre-Jacques de Potier (1780–1840), general
- Marcel Pérès (1898–1974), actor
- Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) came to France as a working class student in 1920 and worked for Hutchinson in the rubber shoe factory from 1922–1923
- Jean Joubert (* 1928), writer