Levroux

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.[2] On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux.[3] Its Porte de Champagne fortified gateway is the only survivor of its seven gates. It is famous for its local delicacy of goats' cheese.

Levroux
Commune
Gate
Coat of arms
Location of Levroux
Levroux
Levroux
Coordinates: 46°58′41″N 1°36′49″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementChâteauroux
CantonLevroux
IntercommunalityRégion de Levroux
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alexis Rousseau-Jouhennet
Area
1
82.32 km2 (31.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,947
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
36093 /36110
Elevation125–190 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.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
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%
YearPop.±%
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

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Arrêté préfectoral 25 September 2015 (in French)
  3. Arrêté préfectoral 24 August 2018 (in French)


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