Château-la-Vallière

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Château-la-Vallière

(2020–2026) Jean-Claude Gauthier^[1]Area

21.94 km² (8.47 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,719 • Density78/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

37062 /37330

Elevation58–110 m (190–361 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Château-la-Vallière (French: [ʃɑto la valjɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Château de Vaujours

The Château de Vaujours, situated 3 kilometres south of Château-la-Vallière, is an ancient fortress from the 12th to 15th centuries. It belonged to the manor of Chasteaux-en-Anjou, the future Château-la-Vallière. It was built to protect the eastern borders of Anjou.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,552	—
1975	1,611	+0.53%
1982	1,646	+0.31%
1990	1,500	−1.15%
1999	1,553	+0.39%
2007	1,605	+0.41%
2012	1,674	+0.85%
2017	1,780	+1.24%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Personalities

Jean Schubnel (born in Château-la-Vallière 24 June 1894; died 1987) was a 20th-century French naive painter.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE