Château-du-Loir
Part of Montval-sur-Loir in Pays de la Loire, France
Location of Château-du-Loir
47°41′54″N 0°25′06″E / 47.6983°N 0.4183°E / 47.6983; 0.4183
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(2019)[1]
72500
(avg. 101 m or 331 ft)
Château-du-Loir (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dy lwaʁ]; literally 'Château of the Loir') is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 October 2016, it was merged into the new commune Montval-sur-Loir.[2] Château-du-Loir station has rail connections to Tours and Le Mans.
Notable people
- Gervais II, lord of Château-du-Loir
- Cécile Didier (1888–1975), stage and film actress
- Guillaume des Roches (1165 - 1222), lord of Longué-Jumelles and Château-du-Loir, comrade in arms of Philippe Auguste
- Saint Siméon-François Berneux (1814 - 1866), one of the Korean Martyrs
- Pierre Loutrel (1916 - 1946), bandit
See also
References
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Château-du-Loir.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Château-du-Loir.
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