Cheverny

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Cheverny

(2020–2026) Lionella Gallard^[1]Area

33 km² (13 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

908 • Density28/km² (71/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

41050 /41700

Elevation78–116 m (256–381 ft)
(avg. 85 m or 279 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cheverny (French pronunciation: [ʃəvɛʁni]) is a commune in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire.^[3]

It lies in the Loire Valley, about 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of Blois.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	743	—
1975	715	−0.55%
1982	842	+2.36%
1990	900	+0.84%
1999	986	+1.02%
2007	942	−0.57%
2012	975	+0.69%
2017	956	−0.39%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Sights

The commune is the site of the Château de Cheverny, used by the Belgian comic book creator Hergé as a model for his fictional "Château de Moulinsart" (Marlinspike Hall in English) in the Adventures of Tintin books.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE