Villebarou

Villebarou
Villebarou
Commune
	Town hall
	Location of Villebarou
	Villebarou Villebarou
	Coordinates: 47°37′24″N 1°19′27″E / 47.6233°N 1.3242°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Canton	Blois-2
Intercommunality	CA Blois Agglopolys
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Masson
Area 1	9.11 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,519
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41276 /41000
Elevation	108–121 m (354–397 ft) ; (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villebarou (pronounced [vilˈbaʁu]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is located 3.8 km (2.4 mi) from Blois.

History

Archaeological assessment suggests ancient settlement near the present-day Vendôme Route, with ceramics dating from the 1st and 2nd centuries.^[3]

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Guiot, T (2015). "Villebarou - Les Mardeaux". Archéologie de la France - Informations. doi:10.4000/adlfi.14258.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villebarou, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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