Contres (Loir-et-Cher)
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| local community | Le Controis-en-Sologne | |
| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loir-et-Cher | |
| Arrondissement | Romorantin-Lanthenay | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 25 ' N , 1 ° 26' E | |
| Post Code | 41700 | |
| Former INSEE code | 41059 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.ville-contres.fr/ | |
Contres is a town and commune Déléguée in the French commune of Le Controis-en-Sologne with 3737 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire .
On January 1, 2019, the Contres municipality merged with Thenay , Fougères-sur-Bièvre , Feings and Ouchamps to form the Commune nouvelle Le Controis-en-Sologne. It belonged to the Arrondissement Romorantin-Lanthenay and the Canton of Montrichard
geography
Contres is located on the Bièvre River in the Sologne countryside . Contres is surrounded by the neighboring communities Fresnes in the north and north-west, Cheverny in the north and north-east, Fontaines-en-Sologne in the north-east, Soings-en-Sologne in the east, Sassay in the south, Oisly and Choussy in the south-west, Thenay in the west and south-west as well Feings in the northwest.
The former National Route 156 and 675 lead through the Commune déléguée .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 2,775 | 2,828 | 2,811 | 2,923 | 2,979 | 3,268 | 3,429 | 3,470 |
Attractions
- Saint-Cyr-et-Saint-Julitte church from the 16th century
- Saints-Corneille-et-Cyprien Abbey of Cornilly
- Castle gondola
- Lock pins
- Cheverny Forest
Personalities
- Éloi Johanneau (1770–1851), philologist and antiquarian
- Anne-Marie de Backer (1908–1987), poet and translator
- François Guin (* 1938), flautist and composer
