Levroux

Levroux
Commune
Gate
Coat of arms
Location of Levroux
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Coordinates: 46°58′41″N 1°36′49″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Levroux
Intercommunality	Région de Levroux
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alexis Rousseau-Jouhennet
Area 1	82.32 km2 (31.78 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,842
• Density	35/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36093 /36110
Elevation	125–190 m (410–623 ft) (avg. 141 m or 463 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Levroux is a commune in the Indre department in central France, to the north of Châteauroux. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Saint-Martin-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux. Its Porte de Champagne fortified gateway is the only survivor of its seven gates. It is famous for its local delicacy of goats' cheese.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,800 —     1800 2,620 −6.4% 1806 2,719 +3.8% 1821 2,975 +9.4% 1831 3,058 +2.8% 1836 3,161 +3.4% 1841 3,166 +0.2% 1846 3,385 +6.9% 1851 3,576 +5.6% 1856 3,529 −1.3% 1861 3,867 +9.6% 1866 4,014 +3.8% 1872 4,138 +3.1% 1876 4,277 +3.4% 1881 4,086 −4.5% 1886 4,137 +1.2% 1891 4,203 +1.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 4,077 −3.0% 1901 4,093 +0.4% 1906 4,196 +2.5% 1911 4,032 −3.9% 1921 3,465 −14.1% 1926 3,410 −1.6% 1931 3,337 −2.1% 1936 3,254 −2.5% 1946 3,268 +0.4% 1954 3,312 +1.3% 1962 3,229 −2.5% 1968 3,136 −2.9% 1975 3,133 −0.1% 1982 3,124 −0.3% 1990 3,045 −2.5% 1999 2,913 −4.3% 2009 2,832 −2.8%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department