Loir-et-Cher

Also known as Loir et Cher

Loir-et-Cher (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It is named after two rivers which run through it, the Loir in its northern part and the Cher in its southern part. Its prefecture is Blois. The INSEE and La Poste gave it the number 41. It had a population of 328,543 in 2023.

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Loir-et-Cher is a department (administrative district) in central France named after two rivers that flow through it—the Loir in the north and the Cher in the south. With its prefecture in Blois and a population of about 328,500 people as of 2023, it is one of the administrative divisions that make up the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Loir-et-Cher
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline: Préfecture de Blois.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building of the Loir-et-Cher department, in Blois
Settlement.image_flag: Drapeau fr département Loir-et-Cher.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Loir-et-Cher.svg
Settlement.image_map: Loir-et-Cher-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Loir-et-Cher in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Centre-Val de Loire
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Blois
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: Romorantin-LanthenayVendôme

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: department of France
Named after: Cher
Official name: Loir-et-Cher
Country: France
Located in: Centre-Val de Loire
Contains: Arrondissement of Vendôme
Capital: Blois
Population: 328543
Area: 6343
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Head of government: Nicolas Perruchot
Shares border with: Indre
Official website: www.departement41.fr
Image: Préfecture de Blois.jpg

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inception: 1790-03-04
topic's main category: Category:Loir-et-Cher
Commons gallery: Loir-et-Cher
Commons category: Loir-et-Cher
category for people born here: Category:Births in Loir-et-Cher
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Loir-et-Cher
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Loir-et-Cher
category of associated people: Category:People from Loir-et-Cher
annual number of weddings: 999
native label: Loir-et-Cher
language used: French
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