Marolles (Loir-et-Cher)

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Marolles
Marolles (France)
Marolles
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement Blois
Canton Onzain
Community association Agglomération de Blois
Coordinates 47 ° 39 ′  N , 1 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 39 ′  N , 1 ° 18 ′  E
height 87-117 m
surface 9.88 km 2
Residents 725 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 73 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 41330
INSEE code
Website http://www.marolles41.net/

Marolles is a French commune in the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . The population is 725 (as of January 1, 2017). Marolles belongs to the Arrondissement of Blois and the Canton of Onzain (until 2015: Canton Blois-5 ).

geography

Marolles is located about seven kilometers north-northwest of Blois between Orléans and Tours . The Cisse limits the community in the northwest. Marolles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Averdon in the north, Villerbon in the east, Villebarou in the south and Fossé in the west.

history

In the hamlet of Villemalard, which belongs to Marolles, there was an internment camp after the outbreak of World War II, in which many anti-Nazi German refugees were held, including Heinrich Blücher , Erich Cohn-Bendit , Jean Leppien and Horst Rosenthal . This camp operated from November 1939 to January 1940. It appears on a list of the civilian internment camps of the Historical Service of the French Army dated November 19, 1940.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
412 460 557 681 708 715 698 754
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Pezay Castle

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Marolles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. CAMP DE MAROLLES (Loir-et-Cher)