Vallières-les-Grandes

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Vallières-les-Grandes
Coat of arms of Vallières-les-Grandes
Vallières-les-Grandes (France)
Vallières-les-Grandes
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement Romorantin-Lanthenay
Canton Montrichard
Community association Val de Cher-Controis
Coordinates 47 ° 25 '  N , 1 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '  N , 1 ° 9'  E
height 77-134 m
surface 40.75 km 2
Residents 937 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 41400
INSEE code

Vallières-les-Grandes is a French municipality with 937 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loir-et-Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement Romorantin-Lanthenay and the canton of Montrichard . The inhabitants are called Chisséens .,

geography

Vallières-les-Grandes is located about 22 kilometers south-southwest of Blois and about 34 kilometers east-northeast of Tours . Vallières-les-Grandes is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Rilly-sur-Loire in the north, Chaumont-sur-Loire in the northeast, Pontlevoy in the east, Montrichard in the south and southeast, Chissay-en-Touraine in the south, Souvigny-de-Touraine in the West as well as Mosnes in the northwest.

Demographic development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
754 688 621 553 493 610 771 875
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • La Guillotière castle from the 19th century
  • La Thomassière castle from the 17th century

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