Villebarou

Villebarou
Commune
Town hall
Location of Villebarou
Villebarou Villebarou
Coordinates: 47°37′24″N 1°19′27″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Canton	Blois-2
Intercommunality	CA Blois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Masson
Area 1	9.11 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,519
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41276 /41000
Elevation	108–121 m (354–397 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villebarou (pronounced [vilˈbaʁu]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in Centre Region, France. It is located 3.8 km (2.4 mi) from Blois.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,372 —     1806 1,349 −1.7% 1821 1,208 −10.5% 1831 1,194 −1.2% 1841 1,143 −4.3% 1851 1,103 −3.5% 1861 1,104 +0.1% 1872 1,011 −8.4% 1881 1,017 +0.6% 1891 936 −8.0% 1901 878 −6.2% 1911 767 −12.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 690 −10.0% 1931 679 −1.6% 1946 802 +18.1% 1954 793 −1.1% 1962 955 +20.4% 1968 1,307 +36.9% 1975 1,475 +12.9% 1982 1,573 +6.6% 1990 1,793 +14.0% 1999 1,946 +8.5% 2004 2,269 +16.6% 2015 2,478 +9.2%

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department