Authon, Loir-et-Cher

Authon
Commune
Church and town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Authon
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Coordinates: 47°38′40″N 0°53′52″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Montoire-sur-le-Loir
Intercommunality	CA Territoires Vendômois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-José Cintrat[1]
Area ^1	32.26 km^2 (12.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	746
• Density	23/km^2 (60/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 km^2 (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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	767	—
1975	691	−1.48%
1982	699	+0.16%
1990	700	+0.02%
1999	698	−0.03%
2007	634	−1.19%
2012	675	+1.26%
2017	721	+1.33%
Source: INSEE[3]

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, François de Brantes, and, in his daughter Anne-Aymone, a wife to former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (d.2020). The latter is buried in Authon alongside his daughter Jacinte.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. "Family bids adieu to French ex-president Giscard d'Estaing in low-key ceremony". RFI. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

External links

• Official site