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Authon, Loir-et-Cher

Coordinates: 47°38′40″N 0°53′52″E / 47.6444°N 0.8978°E / 47.6444; 0.8978
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Authon
Church and town hall
Church and town hall
Coat of arms of Authon
Location of Authon
Map
Authon is located in France
Authon
Authon
Authon is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Authon
Authon
Coordinates: 47°38′40″N 0°53′52″E / 47.6444°N 0.8978°E / 47.6444; 0.8978
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoir-et-Cher
ArrondissementVendôme
CantonMontoire-sur-le-Loir
IntercommunalityCA Territoires Vendômois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Marie-José Cintrat[1]
Area
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32.26 km2 (12.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
746
 • Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
41007 /41310
Elevation90–156 m (295–512 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% 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

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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

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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

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References

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  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.
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