Yvoy-le-Marron
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Loir-et-Cher | |
| Arrondissement | Romorantin-Lanthenay | |
| Canton | La Sologne | |
| Community association | Sologne des Étangs | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 38 ′ N , 1 ° 51 ′ E | |
| height | 94-138 m | |
| surface | 48.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 728 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 41600 | |
| INSEE code | 41297 | |
| Website | http://www.yvoy-le-marron.org/ | |
 Yvoy-le-Marron town hall |
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Yvoy-le-Marron is a French municipality with 728 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 is part of the canton of La Sologne (until 2015: canton of Lamotte-Beuvron ).
geography
Yvoy-le-Marron is located about 29 kilometers south-southwest of Orléans in the Sologne countryside . There are numerous lakes in the municipality. Yvoy-le-Marron is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ligny-le-Ribault in the north and north-west, La Ferté-Saint-Aubin in the north-east, Chaumont-sur-Tharonne in the east, La Ferté-Beauharnais in the south, and La Marolle-en-Sologne in the southwest and Villeny in the west.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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| 519 | 540 | 544 | 483 | 494 | 538 | 595 | 622 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Caprais church
- Saint-Caprais fountain
- Le Mont Suzey Castle
- Villedard Castle
Personalities
- Jean Prouvost (1885–1978), textile entrepreneur and politician, Minister of Information and High Commissioner for Propaganda (1940)
Web links
Commons : Yvoy-le-Marron - collection of images, videos and audio files
