Valaire

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Valaire
Commune
Location of Valaire
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Coordinates: 47°28′14″N 1°16′10″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Canton	Blois-3
Intercommunality	CA Blois Agglopolys
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Catherine Le Troquier[1]
Area ^1	6.68 km^2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	84
• Density	13/km^2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41266 /41120
Elevation	62–109 m (203–358 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Valaire (French pronunciation: [valɛʁ]) is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

The Zen Temple La Gendronniere, founded by Taisen Deshimaru, occupies 80 hectares of land in the north-western part of the commune.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	88	—
1975	91	+0.48%
1982	86	−0.80%
1990	82	−0.59%
1999	87	+0.66%
2007	88	+0.14%
2012	72	−3.93%
2017	86	+3.62%
Source: INSEE[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). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. 'Association Zen Internationale'
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE