Levroux | |
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Commune | |
The medieval Porte de Champagne gate | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Levroux | |
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Coordinates: 46°58′41″N 1°36′49″E / 46.9781°N 1.6136°E / 46.9781; 1.6136 | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Indre |
Arrondissement | Châteauroux |
Canton | Levroux |
Intercommunality | Région de Levroux |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Alexis Rousseau-Jouhennet |
Area1 | 82.32 km2 (31.78 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | 2,842 |
• Density | 35/km2 (89/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 36093 /36110 |
Elevation | 125–190 m (410–623 ft) (avg. 141 m or 463 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Levroux (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Indre department in central France, to the north of Châteauroux. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Saint-Martin-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux. Its Porte de Champagne fortified gateway is the only survivor of its seven gates. Levroux is famous for its local delicacy of goats' cheese.
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