Lunay

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Coordinates: 47°48′36″N 0°54′57″E / 47.81, 0.915833333333

Administration
Commune of Lunay
Location

Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Savigny-sur-Braye
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Vendôme
Mayor	Sébastien Miralvès (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	66 m–156 m (avg. 69 m)
Land area^¹	38.63 km²
Population^² (1999)	1,293
- Density	33/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	41120/ 41360
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lunay is a French commune in the département of Loir-et-Cher in the région of Centre. Its inhabitants are known as Lunotiers and Lunotières.

[edit] Geography

Lunay is located 15 km west of the city of Vendôme, in the northwest of the département and 180km southwest of Paris. The Loir River flows along the east and south edges of the commune for 8 km.

Lunay is bordered by Thoré-la-Rochette, Mazangé, Fortan, Savigny-sur-Braye, Fontaine-les-Coteaux, Montoire-sur-le-Loir, Les Roches-l'Évêque, and Saint-Rimay.