Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher | |
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Prefecture building of the Loir-et-Cher department, in Blois | |
Location of Loir-et-Cher in France | |
| Coordinates: 47°16′N 00°40′E / 47.267°N 0.667°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Prefecture | Blois |
| Subprefectures | Romorantin-Lanthenay Vendôme |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Philippe Gouet (UDI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,314 km2 (2,438 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 328,953 |
| • Rank | 72nd |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 41 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 15 |
| Communes | 267 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Loir-et-Cher (/ˌlwɑːr eɪ ˈʃɛər/, French: [lwaʁ e ʃɛʁ] ⓘ) 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 329,470 in 2019.