Château-du-Loir

Château-du-Loir
Part of Montval-sur-Loir
The church of Saint-Guingalois
Location of Château-du-Loir
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Coordinates: 47°41′54″N 0°25′06″E
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Sarthe
Arrondissement	La Flèche
Canton	Montval-sur-Loir
Commune	Montval-sur-Loir
Area ^1	11.46 km^2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	4,551
• Density	400/km^2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	72500
Elevation	44–131 m (144–430 ft) (avg. 101 m or 331 ft)
Website	www.ville-chateauduloir.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Château-du-Loir (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dy lwaʁ]; literally 'Château of the Loir') is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 October 2016, it was merged into the new commune Montval-sur-Loir.[2] Château-du-Loir station has rail connections to Tours and Le Mans.

Notable people

• Gervais II, lord of Château-du-Loir
• Cécile Didier (1888–1975), stage and film actress
• Guillaume des Roches (1165 - 1222), lord of Longué-Jumelles and Château-du-Loir, comrade in arms of Philippe Auguste
• Saint Siméon-François Berneux (1814 - 1866), one of the Korean Martyrs
• Pierre Loutrel (1916 - 1946), bandit

See also

• Communes of the Sarthe department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 28 June 2016 (in French)