Le Louroux
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Loches | |
| Canton | Descartes | |
| Community association | Loches Sud Touraine | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 10 ' N , 0 ° 47' E | |
| height | 79-127 m | |
| surface | 28.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 531 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37240 | |
| INSEE code | 37136 | |
| Website | http://lelouroux.com/ | |
Le Louroux is a French municipality with 531 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Loches and the canton of Descartes (until 2015: canton of Ligueil ). The inhabitants are called Lourousiens .
geography
Le Louroux is about 26 kilometers south-southeast of Tours . Le Louroux is surrounded by the neighboring communities Louans in the north, Tauxigny-Saint-Bauld in the east and northeast, Manthelan in the south and east, Bossée in the south and southwest, Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine in the southwest and Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois in the West.
Tours-Le Louroux airfield is located in the municipality.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 458 | 443 | 365 | 353 | 373 | 425 | 464 | 491 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Sulpice Church, Monument historique
- Priory with manor
Saint-Sulpice church
Manor near the priory
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 760-765.
Web links
Commons : Le Louroux - collection of images, videos and audio files
