What is Loir-et-cher?

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Loir-et-Cher
Coat of arms of the Loir-et-Cher department
Location
Administration
Department number:41
Region: Centre
Prefecture:Blois
Subprefectures:Romorantin-Lanthenay
Vendôme
Arrondissements:3
Cantons:30
Communes:291
President of the General Council:Maurice Leroy
UDF
Statistics
PopulationRanked 69th
 -1999314,968
Population density:50/km
Land area:6343 km
French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km.
Loir-et-Cher is a department in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher.

History

Loir-et-Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Orléanais and Touraine.

Geography

Loir-et-Cher is part of the current region of Centre (Val de Loire) and is surrounded by the departments of Eure-et-Loir, Loiret, Cher, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, and Sarthe.

Its main rivers are the Loire, on which its prefecture (capital) Blois is situated, the Loir and the Cher.

Demographics

The inhabitants of the department are called Loir-et-Chériens.

Tourism

Loir-et-Cher has a number of historic castles, including the following:

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Departments of France
Ain • Aisne • Allier • Alpes-de-Haute-Provence • Hautes-Alpes • Alpes-Maritimes • Ardche • Ardennes • Arige • Aube • Aude • Aveyron • Bouches-du-Rhne • Calvados • Cantal • Charente • Charente-Maritime • Cher • Corrze • Corse-du-Sud • Haute-Corse • Cte-d'Or • Ctes-d'Armor • Creuse • Dordogne • Doubs • Drme • Eure • Eure-et-Loir • Finistre • Gard • Haute-Garonne • Gers • Gironde • Hrault • Ille-et-Vilaine • Indre • Indre-et-Loire • Isre • Jura • Landes • Loir-et-Cher • Loire • Haute-Loire • Loire-Atlantique • Loiret • Lot • Lot-et-Garonne • Lozre • Maine-et-Loire • Manche • Marne • Haute-Marne • Mayenne • Meurthe-et-Moselle • Meuse • Morbihan • Moselle • Nivre • Nord • Oise • Orne • Pas-de-Calais • Puy-de-Dme • Pyrnes-Atlantiques • Hautes-Pyrnes • Pyrnes-Orientales • Bas-Rhin • Haut-Rhin • Rhne • Haute-Sane • Sane-et-Loire • Sarthe • Savoie • Haute-Savoie • Paris • Seine-Maritime • Seine-et-Marne • Yvelines • Deux-Svres • Somme • Tarn • Tarn-et-Garonne • Var • Vaucluse • Vende • Vienne • Haute-Vienne • Vosges • Yonne • Territoire de Belfort • Essonne • Hauts-de-Seine • Seine-Saint-Denis • Val-de-Marne • Val-d'Oise • Overseas departments and territories: Guadeloupe • Martinique • French Guiana • Runion
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Région Centre

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Capital Orléans
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Commune of
Blois

Bridge over the Loire in Blois

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Longitude 01° 19' 41" E
Latitude 47° 35' 38" N

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Commune of
Romorantin-Lanthenay

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Longitude 01° 44' 37" E
Latitude 47° 21' 32" N

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Commune of
Vendôme

The Loir River in Vendôme

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The 3 arrondissements of the Loir-et-Cher department are:
  1. Arrondissement of Blois, (prefecture of the Loir-et-Cher department: Blois) with 14 cantons and 136 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 171,491 in 1990, and was 177,282 in 1999, an increase of 3.38%.

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The following is a list of the 30 cantons of the Loir-et-Cher department, in France, sorted by arrondissement:

Arrondissement of Blois (14 cantons)

  • Blois 1st Canton
  • Blois 2nd Canton
  • Blois 3rd Canton
  • Blois 4th Canton
  • Blois 5th Canton
  • Bracieux

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The following is a list of the 291 communes of the Loir-et-Cher département, in France.

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4 Rhône 1,646,000 3,249 507
6 Seine-Saint-Denis 1,459,000 236 6,182
8 Yvelines 1,395,000 2,284 611
10 Val-de-Marne 1,279,000 245 5,220
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"


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Origin Perche
Mouth Sarthe
Basin countries France
Length 312 km
Source elevation 150 m

Avg. discharge 33 m³/s
Basin area 8,270 km² The Loir is a river in western France.
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Origin Massif Central
Mouth Loire
Basin countries France
Length 320 km
Source elevation 762 m

Avg. discharge 104 m³/s
Basin area 13,688 km² The Cher
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Touraine is a former province of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, the Touraine was divided between the départements of Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher and Indre.
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