Cloyes-sur-le-Loir

Cloyes-sur-le-Loir

Coat of arms
Cloyes-sur-le-Loir
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Cloyes-sur-le-Loir
Coordinates: 47°59′52″N 1°14′09″E / 47.9978°N 1.2358°E / 47.9978; 1.2358Coordinates: 47°59′52″N 1°14′09″E / 47.9978°N 1.2358°E / 47.9978; 1.2358
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Eure-et-Loir
Arrondissement Châteaudun
Canton Brou
Area1 19.85 km2 (7.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 2,676
  Density 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 28103 /28220
Elevation 92–152 m (302–499 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cloyes-sur-le-Loir is a former commune on the River Loir, a few kilometres south of the town of Châteaudun in the department of Eure-et-Loir in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19622,315    
19682,478+7.0%
19752,552+3.0%
19822,653+4.0%
19902,593−2.3%
19992,636+1.7%
20082,676+1.5%

Personalities

It was the home of Stephen of Cloyes, a leader of the Children's Crusade.

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 25 May 2016 (in French)


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