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Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France
Levroux
Commune
The medieval Porte de Champagne gateThe medieval Porte de Champagne gate
Coat of arms of LevrouxCoat of arms
Location of Levroux
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Coordinates: 46°58′41″N 1°36′49″E / 46.9781°N 1.6136°E / 46.9781; 1.6136
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementChâteauroux
CantonLevroux
IntercommunalityRégion de Levroux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alexis Rousseau-Jouhennet
Area82.32 km (31.78 sq mi)
Population2,802
 • Density34/km (88/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code36093 /36110
Elevation125–190 m (410–623 ft)
(avg. 141 m or 463 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Levroux (French pronunciation: [ləvʁu] ) 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. Levroux is famous for its local delicacy of goats' cheese.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,507—    
1975 3,439−0.28%
1982 3,387−0.22%
1990 3,278−0.41%
1999 3,104−0.60%
2007 3,028−0.31%
2012 3,047+0.13%
2017 2,947−0.67%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Levroux at 1 January 2020.
Source: INSEE

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 25 September 2015 (in French)
  4. Arrêté préfectoral 24 August 2018 (in French)
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
Communes of the Indre department


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