Valaire
Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France
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Valaire (French pronunciation: [valɛʁ]) is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.
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Valaire | |
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Commune | |
War memorial in Valaire | |
 Location of Valaire | |
  Valaire  Valaire | |
| Coordinates: 47°28′14″N 1°16′10″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Loir-et-Cher |
| Arrondissement | Blois |
| Canton | Blois-3 |
| Intercommunality | CA Blois Agglopolys |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Catherine Le Troquier[1] |
Area 1 | 6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 85 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 41266 /41120 |
| Elevation | 62–109 m (203–358 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. | |
The Zen Temple La Gendronniere, founded by Taisen Deshimaru, occupies 80 hectares of land in the north-western part of the commune.[3]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 88 | — |
| 1975 | 91 | +0.48% |
| 1982 | 86 | −0.80% |
| 1990 | 82 | −0.59% |
| 1999 | 87 | +0.66% |
| 2007 | 88 | +0.14% |
| 2012 | 72 | −3.93% |
| 2017 | 86 | +3.62% |
| 2023 | 85 | −0.19% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
