| Montrichard | |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Montrichard (Loir-et-Cher).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Blois |
| Canton: | Montrichard Val de Cher |
| Insee: | 41151 |
| Postal Code: | 41400 |
| Commune: | Montrichard Val de Cher |
| Coordinates: | 47.3436°N 1.1842°W |
| Population Demonym: | French: Montrichardais(e) |
| Elevation M: | 68 |
| Elevation Min M: | 59 |
| Elevation Max M: | 134 |
| Area Km2: | 14.36 |
| Population: | 3108 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Montrichard (pronounced as /fr/) is a town and former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Montrichard Val de Cher.[2]
During the French Revolution, the commune was known as Montégalité.
The town lies on the north bank of the river Cher. 32km (20miles) south of Blois, 73km (45miles) west of Vierzon and 42km (26miles) east of Tours. The countryside is mainly constituted of vineyard, woods, cattle and cereals.
The right pronunciation should be « MON-TRICHARD » [mɔ̃'''t'''ʀiʃɑʀ], with a t. One of the explanations that may justify the pronunciation of "t" is the following: Montrichard was supposed to come from the French words "mont" (mountain, hill), "tri" (for three) and "chard" (square) because the town is situated on a hill surrounded on three sides by square towers.[4]
The town is mentioned in the 2002 feature film Catch Me If You Can, as the town from which the mother of Frank Abagnale came. Later in the film, Abagnale has set up a high-end printing facility for printing corporate cheques in Montrichard when he is tracked down and arrested by the FBI. The exterior shots of the town, however, were filmed in the Place Royale in the lower town of Quebec City, which is easily identifiable by the Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church.[6]