Chitenay
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loir-et-Cher | |
| Arrondissement | Blois | |
| Canton | Vineuil | |
| Community association | Agglomération de Blois | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 30 ' N , 1 ° 22' E | |
| height | 67-116 m | |
| surface | 15.61 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,068 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 68 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 41120 | |
| INSEE code | 41052 | |
| Website | http://www.chitenay.fr/ | |
Chitenay is a French commune with 1,068 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Blois and is part of the canton of Vineuil (until 2015: canton of Contres ).
geography
Chitenay is located about ten kilometers south-southeast of Blois in the Sologne countryside . Chitenay is surrounded by neighboring communities
- Cellettes in the north,
- Cormeray in the east,
- Le Controis-en-Sologne with Feings in the south, Fougères-sur-Bièvre in the south and south-west and Ouchamps in the west,
- Seur in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 620 | 655 | 665 | 777 | 888 | 921 | 1,027 | 1,044 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Notre-Dame church
- Chitenay Castle
Personalities
- Denis Papin (1647–1712), engineer, inventor of the printing cylinder
Web links
Commons : Chitenay - collection of images, videos and audio files
