Villedieu-le-Château

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Coordinates: 47°43′15″N 0°38′56″E / 47.7208333333, 0.648888888889

Administration
Commune of Villedieu-le-Château
Location

Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Montoire-sur-le-Loir
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Ronsard
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Jouanneau (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	60 m–133 m (avg. 125 m)
Land area^¹	29.65 km²
Population^² (1999)	420
- Density	14/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	41279/ 41800
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.

Villedieu-le-Château is a village and commune in the Loir-et-Cher département of northern-central France.

[edit] Geography

Villedieu-le-Château borders the commune of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir (Sarthe) and marks the most eastern extension of the département and of the Bas-Vendômois. The Niclos stream traverses the commune.

[edit] Sights

The village is dominated by the medieval fortified enceinte of a ruined medieval monastic foundation established by the Abbey of the Trinity at Vendôme. The cult of Our Lady of Pity was transferred to the 15th century parish church, which possesses early painting on wood, and which is the site of an annual pilgrimage in September.