Montrichard

Montrichard
Coat of arms of Montrichard Coat of arms
Location of Montrichard
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Canton	Montrichard
Intercommunality	Cher à la Loire
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Patrick Maupu
Area 1	14.36 km2 (5.54 sq mi)
Population  (1999)	6,624
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41151 /41400
Elevation	59–134 m (194–440 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montrichard is a town and former commune in the Loir-et-Cher département (county), in France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Montrichard-Val-de-Cher.

File:Cher Montrichard.jpg

The Cher River in Montrichard

Geography

The town is on the north bank of the Cher river. 32 kilometres (20 mi) south of Blois, 73 kilometres (45 mi) west of Vierzon and 42 kilometres (26 mi) east of Tours. The countryside is mainly used to grow grapes and has woods, cattle and cereals.

Sites and landmarks

• Château de Montrichard, a medieaval castle.
• Nanteuil Church (12th, 13th, 15th centuries), whose statue of the Virgin Mary is the object of a very old pilgrimage on Whit Monday.
• Church of the Holy Cross (Église Ste-Croix) has a nice Romanesque doorway and was the place where Joan of France married the future king.
• Château de Pont-Cher, a 15th-century home built into the cliff. Inside this home are the René Galloux collection of very old (

prehistoric) and Gallo-Roman items from diggings in the Cher valley.

Important people

• Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, married the future king of France Louis XII in Montrichard, though the marriage was latter dissolved.
• André Alerme, a French actor who was in more than 70 movies, died here in 1960.

References

• INSEE commune file