Loir en Vallée

Loir en Vallée
Commune
The château of Poncé
Location of Loir en Vallée
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Coordinates: 47°45′04″N 0°37′16″E
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	La Flèche
Canton	Montval-sur-Loir
Intercommunality	Loir-Lucé-Bercé
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Galiène Cohu[1]
Area ^1	64.76 km^2 (25.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,086
• Density	32/km^2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	72262 /72310, 72340
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Loir en Vallée (French pronunciation: [lwaʁ ɑ̃ vale], literally Loir in Valley) is a commune in the department of Sarthe, northwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Ruillé-sur-Loir (the seat), La Chapelle-Gaugain, Lavenay and Poncé-sur-le-Loir.^[3]

Ruillé-sur-Loir was the first home to the Brothers of St. Joseph, now the Congregation of Holy Cross associated with the University of Notre Dame in the USA.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,347	—
1975	2,218	−0.80%
1982	2,410	+1.19%
1990	2,388	−0.11%
1999	2,321	−0.32%
2007	2,278	−0.23%
2012	2,227	−0.45%
2017	2,173	−0.49%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Arrêté préfectoral 16 December 2016 (in French)
4. https://holycrosscongregation.org/news/congregation-kicks-off-celebratory-year-marking-the-200th-anniversary-of-the-brothers-of-st-joseph/
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE