Fossé (Loir-et-Cher)
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loir-et-Cher | |
| Arrondissement | Blois | |
| Canton | Onzain | |
| Community association | Agglomération de Blois | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 38 ′ N , 1 ° 17 ′ E | |
| height | 85-120 m | |
| surface | 10.2 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,308 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 128 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 41330 | |
| INSEE code | 41091 | |
| Website | http://www.fosse41.fr/ | |
Fossé is a French commune in the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . The population is 1,308 (as of January 1, 2017). Fossé belongs to the Arrondissement of Blois and the Canton of Onzain (until 2015: Canton Blois-5 ). The inhabitants are called Fosséens .
geography
Fossé is about six kilometers northwest of Blois between Orléans and Tours . The Cisse limits the municipality to the north. Fossé is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Averdon in the north, Marolles in the north-east, Villebarou in the east, Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommeray in the south and south-west, Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois in the west and south-west, Saint-Bohaire in the west and north-west as well La Chapelle-Vendômoise in the north-west.
The A10 autoroute runs through the south of the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 286 | 329 | 580 | 781 | 862 | 849 | 969 | 1,309 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
