Levroux Explained

Levroux
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Levroux (Indre).svg
Arrondissement:Châteauroux
Canton:Levroux
Insee:36093
Postal Code:36110
Mayor:Alexis Rousseau-Jouhennet[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Région de Levroux
Coordinates:46.9781°N 1.6136°W
Elevation M:141
Elevation Min M:125
Elevation Max M:190
Area Km2:82.32

Levroux (in French pronounced as /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.[2] On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux.[3] 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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/9/25/INTB1525662A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
  3. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/8/24/INTB1824137A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral