Contres, Loir-et-Cher

Part of Le Controis-en-Sologne in Centre-Val de Loire, France

47°25′11″N 1°25′43″E / 47.4197°N 1.4286°E / 47.4197; 1.4286CountryFranceRegionCentre-Val de LoireDepartmentLoir-et-CherArrondissementRomorantin-LanthenayCantonMontrichard Val de CherCommuneLe Controis-en-Sologne Area36.09 km² (13.93 sq mi)Population3,598 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation94–129 m (308–423 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Contres (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃tʁ]) is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Controis-en-Sologne.^[2]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,317 —     1806 1,202 −8.7% 1821 1,571 +30.7% 1831 1,755 +11.7% 1841 2,166 +23.4% 1851 2,575 +18.9% 1861 2,601 +1.0% 1872 2,553 −1.8% 1881 2,493 −2.4% 1891 2,591 +3.9% 1901 2,649 +2.2% 1911 2,543 −4.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,421 −4.8% 1931 2,452 +1.3% 1946 2,702 +10.2% 1954 2,551 −5.6% 1962 2,775 +8.8% 1968 2,828 +1.9% 1975 2,811 −0.6% 1982 2,923 +4.0% 1990 2,979 +1.9% 1999 3,268 +9.7% 2008 3,407 +4.3% 2013 3,530 +3.6%

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

References