Mont-près-Chambord

Mont-près-Chambord
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Canton	Chambord
Community association	Grand Chambord
Coordinates	47 ° 34 ′  N , 1 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′  N , 1 ° 28 ′  E
height	72-123 m
surface	28.51 km 2
Residents	3,297 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	116 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	41250
INSEE code	41150
Website	http://www.mairie-montpreschambord.fr/

Mont-près-Chambord is a French municipality with 3297 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . It is part of the Communauté de communes du Grand Chambord , the Arrondissement Blois and the Canton Chambord .

geography

Mont-près-Chambord is about eleven kilometers southeast of Blois . The Beuvron river limits the municipality to the south. Mont-près-Chambord is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Huisseau-sur-Cosson in the north, Tour-en-Sologne in the east and south-east, Cour-Cheverny in the south, Cellettes in the west and south-west and Vineuil in the west and north-west.

history

As late as the 13th century, the place was called Montes Bonomies , which soon turned into Monts and temporarily into Saint-Martin-de-Mont . The municipality got its current name in 1918

population

Number of inhabitants
(source:)

year	1793	1841	1872	1911	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	1,230	1,422	1,658	1,385	1,250	1,249	1,261	1,643	2,413	2,786	3,025	3.216	3,246

Attractions

• House Clénord

Personalities

• Jules de Pétigny (1801–1858), archaeologist and historian

Web links

Commons : Mont-près-Chambord  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mont-près-Chambord from cassini.ehess.fr (French). Retrieved December 14, 2014