Couture-sur-Loir

Also known as Couture

Couture-sur-Loir (, literally Couture on Loir) is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallée-de-Ronsard.

Key facts

French commune.name: Couture-sur-Loir
French commune.image: France Loir-et-Cher La possoniere 02.JPG
French commune.caption: Manoir de la Possonnière, birthplace of Pierre de Ronsard
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason ville fr Couture-sur-Loir (Loir-et-Cher).svg
French commune.arrondissement: Vendôme
French commune.canton: Montoire-sur-le-Loir
French commune.INSEE: 41070
French commune.postal code: 41800
French commune.commune: Vallée-de-Ronsard
French commune.elevation m: 70
French commune.elevation min m: 54
French commune.elevation max m: 136
French commune.area km2: 14.3
French commune.population: 432
French commune.population date: 2022

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Named after: Loir
Official name: Couture
Country: France
Located in: Vallée-de-Ronsard
Population: 412
Area: 14.3
Elevation: 75
Shares border with: Poncé-sur-le-Loir
Image: Couture sur Loir 2.JPG

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Commons category: Couture-sur-Loir
postal code: 41800
replaced by: Vallée-de-Ronsard
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2018-12-31
associated electoral district: canton of Montoire-sur-le-Loir
P8168: Aloys, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

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Couture-sur-Loir (, literally Couture on Loir) is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallée-de-Ronsard.

It is situated in the northwest of the Loir-et-Cher department, to the west of Vendôme. It lies mainly on the left bank of the river Loir.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Couture-sur-Loir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.