Villedieu-le-Château

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Villedieu-le-Château

(2020–2026) Alain Verite^[1]Area

29.65 km² (11.45 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

387 • Density13/km² (34/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

41279 /41800

Elevation60–133 m (197–436 ft)
(avg. 125 m or 410 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villedieu-le-Château (French pronunciation: [vildjø lə ʃɑto]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

Geography

Villedieu-le-Château borders the commune of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir (Sarthe) and marks the most eastern extension of the department and of the Bas-Vendômois. The Niclos stream traverses the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	719	—
1975	605	−2.44%
1982	553	−1.28%
1990	462	−2.22%
1999	420	−1.05%
2007	409	−0.33%
2012	409	+0.00%
2017	414	+0.24%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sights

The village is dominated by the medieval fortified enceinte of a ruined medieval monastic foundation established by the Abbey of the Trinity at Vendôme. The cult of Our Lady of Pity was transferred to the 15th-century parish church, which possesses early painting on wood, and which is the site of an annual pilgrimage in September.

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