Mondoubleau

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Mondoubleau
Coat of arms of Mondoubleau
Mondoubleau (France)
Mondoubleau
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement Vendôme
Canton Le Perche
Community association Collines du Perche
Coordinates 47 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 54 ′  E
height 110-166 m
surface 4.84 km 2
Residents 1,335 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 276 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 41170
INSEE code

Mondoubleau is a French commune with 1,335 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Vendôme and the canton of Le Perche .

history

Ruin of the castle

The place was named after Hugues Doubleau from the House of Montoire , who had a castle built here in the 11th century. The Benedictine monastery established here was destroyed in the 13th century, the associated chapel in 1737.

Population development

  • 1962: 1.425
  • 1968: 1,438
  • 1975: 1.725
  • 1982: 1,640
  • 1990: 1,557
  • 1999: 1,608
  • 2007: 1,498
  • 2012: 1,490

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