Levroux

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Levroux

(2020–2026) Alexis Rousseau-Jouhennet^[1]Area

82.32 km² (31.78 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,842 • Density35/km² (89/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

36093 /36110

Elevation125–190 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: [ləvʁu] ^ⓘ) 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.^[3] On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux.^[4] Its Porte de Champagne fortified gateway is the only survivor of its seven gates. Levroux is famous for its local delicacy of goats' cheese.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,507	—
1975	3,439	−0.28%
1982	3,387	−0.22%
1990	3,278	−0.41%
1999	3,104	−0.60%
2007	3,028	−0.31%
2012	3,047	+0.13%
2017	2,947	−0.67%
Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Levroux at 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 25 September 2015 (in French)
^ Arrêté préfectoral 24 August 2018 (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE