Loir-et-Cher department

Loir-et-Cher
region	Center-Val de Loire
prefecture	Blois
Sub-prefecture (s)	Romorantin-Lanthenay Vendôme
Residents	331,915 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	52 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,343.44 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	12
Cantons	15th
Communities	267
President of the Department Council	Maurice Leroy ( UDI )
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-41
Location of the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire

The Loir-et-Cher [ lwaʀeʃɛːʀ ] is the French department with the atomic number 41. It is in the center of the country in the Region Center-Val de Loire and by the rivers Cher and Loir named.

geography

The Loir-et-Cher department borders in the north with the Eure-et-Loir department , in the northeast with the Loiret department , in the southeast with the Cher department , in the south with the Indre department , and in the southwest with the Indre-et-Loire department and in the northwest to the Sarthe department .

The most important river is the Loire , which divides the department from northeast to southwest and passes the centrally located capital Blois . The Loir , a left tributary of the Sarthe , flows through the département in the north, the second named river Cher flows through it in the south.

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from the western part of the province of Orléanais .

It has belonged to the Center region since 1960 , which was renamed Center-Val de Loire in 2016 .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Loir-et-Cher department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Blois	46,086	Blois
Romorantin-Lanthenay	17,754	Romorantin-Lanthenay
Vendôme	16,569	Vendôme
Vineuil	7,815	Blois
Mer	6.238
Salbris	5,166	Romorantin-Lanthenay

Administrative division

The Loir-et-Cher department is divided into 3 arrondissements , 15 cantons and 267 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Loir-et-Cher department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Blois	7th	93	151.065	1,950.24	77	411
Romorantin-Lanthenay	7th	74	111,448	2,670.86	42	413
Vendôme	3	100	69,402	1,722.34	40	412
Loir-et-Cher department	15th	267	331.915	6,343.44	52	41

See also:

• List of communes in the Loir-et-Cher department
• List of cantons in the Loir-et-Cher department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Loir-et-Cher department

Web links

Commons : Loir-et-Cher department  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Loir-et-Cher department (French)
• Prefecture of the Loir-et-Cher (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ le-loir-et-cher.fr accessed on May 3, 2015.

Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '  N , 1 ° 20'  E