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Loir-et-Cher

French department in the region of Centre-Val de Loire
Organization department_of_france Q12564
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Summary

Loir-et-Cher is a department of France[1]. Loir-et-Cher draws 2,815 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #49 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Centre-Val de Loire[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: Nicolas Perruchot[5]
  • Capital: Blois[6]
  • Shares border with: Sarthe[7], Indre-et-Loire[8], Eure-et-Loir[9], Cher[10], Loiret[11], Indre[12]
  • Named after: Loir[13], Cher[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Blois[15], arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay[16], Arrondissement of Vendôme[17]
  • Commons category: Loir-et-Cher[18]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[19], UTC+02:00[20]
  • Inception: March 4, 1790[21]
  • Highest point: highest point of Loir-et-Cher[22]
  • Official website: https://www.departement41.fr/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Loir-et-Cher[24]
  • Commons gallery: Loir-et-Cher[25]
  • Population: 331,280[26], 333,050[27], 331,915[28], 330,248[29], 329,470[30], 329,357[31], 328,504[32], 328,953[33], 328,543[34]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Loir-et-Cher[35]
  • Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[36]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39]
  • Official name: Loir-et-Cher[40]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de Loir-et-Cher[41]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Loir-et-Cher[42]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Loir-et-Cher[43]
  • Native label: Loir-et-Cher[44]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Loir-et-Cher[45]
  • Category for people buried here: Q49656635[46]

Why It Matters

Loir-et-Cher has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Loir-et-Cher is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Related Entities

Authon Chambord Cher France Romorantin-Lanthenay

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Blois
    Category for people buried here → Q49656635
    Country → France
    Population → {'amount': '+331280'}, {'amount': '+333050'}, {'amount': '+331915'} +6
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36652|batch #36652]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
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