Villedieu-le-Château

Villedieu-le-Château
Villedieu-le-Château
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Villedieu-le-Château
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	Coordinates: 47°43′15″N 0°38′56″E / 47.7208°N 0.6489°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 (2020–2026)	Alain Verite
Area 1	29.65 km2 (11.45 sq mi)
Population (2021)	387
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41279 /41800
Elevation	60–133 m (197–436 ft) ; (avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villedieu-le-Château (French pronunciation: [vildjø lə ʃɑto]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

Geography

Villedieu-le-Château borders the commune of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir (Sarthe) and marks the most eastern extension of the department and of the Bas-Vendômois. The Niclos stream traverses the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	719	—
1975	605	−2.44%
1982	553	−1.28%
1990	462	−2.22%
1999	420	−1.05%
2007	409	−0.33%
2012	409	+0.00%
2017	414	+0.24%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Sights

The village is dominated by the medieval fortified enceinte of a ruined medieval monastic foundation established by the Abbey of the Trinity at Vendôme. The cult of Our Lady of Pity was transferred to the 15th-century parish church, which possesses early painting on wood, and which is the site of an annual pilgrimage in September.