Authon, Loir-et-Cher
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Coordinates: 47°38′40″N 0°53′52″E / 47.6444°N 0.8978°ECoordinates: 47°38′40″N 0°53′52″E / 47.6444°N 0.8978°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Loir-et-Cher |
Arrondissement | Vendôme |
Canton | Montoire-sur-le-Loir |
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• Mayor (2014-2020) | Dominique Oury |
Area 1 | 32.26 km2 (12.46 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 726 |
• Density | 23/km2 (58/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 41007 /41310 |
Elevation | 90–156 m (295–512 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Authon (French pronunciation: [ɔtɔ̃] or [otɔ̃]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France, next to Vendôme.
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Economy[]
Economic activities are mainly agricultural, with some services including tourism (there are three castles, nature trails and a popular restaurant). A couple of streams run through the village's territory, including one facetiously named the Danube.
Personalities[]
The village has supplied a resistance hero, , and, in his daughter Anne-Aymone, a wife to former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
See also[]
- Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
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- Communes of Loir-et-Cher
- Loir-et-Cher geography stubs