Villefranche-sur-Cher

Villefranche-sur-Cher
Commune
Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Coat of arms
Location of Villefranche-sur-Cher
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Coordinates: 47°17′39″N 1°46′15″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Romorantin-Lanthenay
Canton	Selles-sur-Cher
Intercommunality	Romorantinais et Monestois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Marechal
Area 1	27.23 km2 (10.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,635
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41280 /41200
Elevation	82–123 m (269–404 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villefranche-sur-Cher (French pronunciation: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ ʃɛʁ], before 1962: Villefranche) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, central France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 421 —     1821 592 +1.22% 1846 1,363 +3.39% 1872 1,640 +0.71% 1901 1,707 +0.14% 1926 1,570 −0.33% 1946 1,443 −0.42% 1962 1,527 +0.35%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,540 +0.14% 1975 1,743 +1.78% 1982 2,055 +2.38% 1990 2,298 +1.41% 1999 2,409 +0.53% 2007 2,614 +1.03% 2012 2,746 +0.99% 2017 2,667 −0.58%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department