Authon, Loir-et-Cher

Authon
Commune
Church and town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Authon
Authon Authon
Coordinates: 47°38′40″N 0°53′52″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Montoire-sur-le-Loir
Intercommunality	CA Territoires Vendômois
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Dominique Oury
Area 1	32.26 km2 (12.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	746
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41007 /41310
Elevation	90–156 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 is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France, next to Vendôme.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	799	—
1800	900	+12.6%
1806	841	−6.6%
1821	986	+17.2%
1831	901	−8.6%
1836	945	+4.9%
1841	934	−1.2%
1846	991	+6.1%
1851	993	+0.2%
1856	1,003	+1.0%
1861	992	−1.1%
1866	960	−3.2%
1872	943	−1.8%
1876	1,023	+8.5%
1881	1,016	−0.7%
1886	1,131	+11.3%
1891	1,103	−2.5%
1896	1,019	−7.6%
1901	1,047	+2.7%
1906	1,022	−2.4%
1911	989	−3.2%
1921	891	−9.9%
1926	916	+2.8%
1931	901	−1.6%
1936	869	−3.6%
1946	883	+1.6%
1954	858	−2.8%
1962	767	−10.6%
1968	767	+0.0%
1975	691	−9.9%
1982	699	+1.2%
1990	700	+0.1%
1999	697	−0.4%
2006	642	−7.9%
2009	624	−2.8%
2015	710	+13.8%

Economy

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

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.

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

External links

• Official site