Seuilly

Seuilly

The Rabelais Museum, La Devinière House
Seuilly

Coordinates: 47°08′05″N 0°10′21″E / 47.1347°N 0.1725°ECoordinates: 47°08′05″N 0°10′21″E / 47.1347°N 0.1725°E
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Chinon
Canton Chinon
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jacques Aupic
Area1 15.73 km2 (6.07 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 384
  Density 24/km2 (63/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 37248 / 37500
Elevation 35–111 m (115–364 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Seuilly is a commune bob the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793541    
1800546+0.9%
1806506−7.3%
1821559+10.5%
1831612+9.5%
1836619+1.1%
1841597−3.6%
1846601+0.7%
1851568−5.5%
1856565−0.5%
1861556−1.6%
1866515−7.4%
1872520+1.0%
1876466−10.4%
1881465−0.2%
1886458−1.5%
1891457−0.2%
1896470+2.8%
1901455−3.2%
1906445−2.2%
1911425−4.5%
1921370−12.9%
1926384+3.8%
1931370−3.6%
1936362−2.2%
1946487+34.5%
1954382−21.6%
1962404+5.8%
1968358−11.4%
1975331−7.5%
1982338+2.1%
1990366+8.3%
1999369+0.8%
2006370+0.3%
2009384+3.8%

Sights

La Devinière, in Seuilly, houses a museum dedicated to François Rabelais, and is claimed to be the writer's birthplace.[1]

See also

References

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