Château-la-Vallière

Château-la-Vallière
Commune
Ruins of the chateau of Vaujours
Coat of arms
Location of Château-la-Vallière
Château-la-Vallière Château-la-Vallière
Coordinates: 47°32′52″N 0°19′33″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chinon
Canton	Langeais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrice Berthelemot
Area 1	21.94 km2 (8.47 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,719
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	37062 /37330
Elevation	58–110 m (190–361 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Château-la-Vallière is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Château de Vaujours

The Château de Vaujours, situated 3 kilometres south of Château-la-Vallière, is an ancient fortress from the 12th to 15th centuries. It belonged to the manor of Chasteaux-en-Anjou, the future Château-la-Vallière. It was built to protect the eastern borders of Anjou.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	578	—
1800	567	−1.9%
1806	627	+10.6%
1821	1,174	+87.2%
1831	1,239	+5.5%
1836	1,337	+7.9%
1841	1,370	+2.5%
1846	1,308	−4.5%
1851	1,344	+2.8%
1856	1,323	−1.6%
1861	1,309	−1.1%
1866	1,243	−5.0%
1872	1,175	−5.5%
1876	1,179	+0.3%
1881	1,228	+4.2%
1886	1,400	+14.0%
1891	1,260	−10.0%
1896	1,246	−1.1%
1901	1,266	+1.6%
1906	1,272	+0.5%
1911	1,296	+1.9%
1921	1,200	−7.4%
1926	1,244	+3.7%
1931	1,234	−0.8%
1936	1,323	+7.2%
1946	1,319	−0.3%
1954	1,212	−8.1%
1962	1,431	+18.1%
1968	1,530	+6.9%
1975	1,592	+4.1%
1982	1,628	+2.3%
1990	1,482	−9.0%
1999	1,535	+3.6%
2006	1,589	+3.5%
2009	1,614	+1.6%

Personalities

Jean Schubnel (born in Château-la-Vallière 24 June 1894; died 1987) was a 20th-century French naive painter.

See also

• Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department