Authon, Loir-et-Cher

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Authon

(2020–2026) Marie-José Cintrat^[1]Area

32.26 km² (12.46 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

746 • Density23/km² (60/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

41007 /41310

Elevation90–156 m (295–512 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Authon (French pronunciation: [ɔtɔ̃] or [otɔ̃]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France, next to Vendôme.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	767	—
1975	691	−1.48%
1982	699	+0.16%
1990	700	+0.02%
1999	698	−0.03%
2007	634	−1.19%
2012	675	+1.26%
2017	721	+1.33%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Economy

Economic activities are mainly agricultural, with some services including tourism (there are three castles, nature trails and a popular restaurant). A couple of streams run through the village's territory, including one facetiously named the Danube.

Personalities

The village has supplied a resistance hero, François de Brantes, and, in his daughter Anne-Aymone, a wife to former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (d.2020). The latter is buried in Authon alongside his daughter Jacinte.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Family bids adieu to French ex-president Giscard d'Estaing in low-key ceremony". RFI. Retrieved 13 December 2022.