Authon, Loir-et-Cher
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| Commune of Authon | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 00° 53' 52" Est |
| Latitude | 47° 38' 40" Nord |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre |
| Department | Loir-et-Cher |
| Arrondissement | Vendôme |
| Canton | Canton of Saint-Amand-Longpré |
| Mayor | Pascal Mermillod |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 90 m–156 m (avg. 135 m) |
| Land area¹ | 32,26 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
698 |
| - Density () | 21/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 41007/ 41310 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Authon is a French village and commune about 200 kilometers south of Paris.
Located in the department of Loir-et-Cher next to Vendôme, it counts about 700 inhabitants. Economic activities are mainly agricultural, with some services including tourism (there are three castles, nature trails and a popular restaurant). A couple of streams run through the village's territory, including one facetiously named the Danube.
The village has supplied a resistance hero, François de Brantes, and, in his daughter Anne-Aymone, a wife to former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
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