Courçay
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Loches | |
| Canton | Bléré | |
| Community association | Bléré Val de Cher | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 15 ' N , 0 ° 53' E | |
| height | 57-99 m | |
| surface | 24.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 807 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 33 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37310 | |
| INSEE code | 37085 | |
| Website | http://www.courcay.fr/ | |
Courçay is a French municipality with 807 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Loches and the canton of Bléré . The inhabitants are called Courciquois .
geography
Courçay is located in the historic province of Touraine (also called Jardin de la France ) on the Indre River , which borders the municipality in the north, about 30 kilometers east-southeast of Tours . Courçay is surrounded by the neighboring communities Athée-sur-Cher in the north, Cigogné in the east and north-east, Reignac-sur-Indre in the south and east, Tauxigny-Saint-Bauld in the west and south-west, Comery in the west and Truyes in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 575 | 540 | 466 | 489 | 703 | 694 | 756 | 836 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Urbain church
Personalities
- Albert Dieudonné (1889–1976), actor and writer, buried here
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 223-226.
Web links
Commons : Courçay - collection of images, videos and audio files
