Marchenoir

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Marchenoir

(2020–2026) Julien Catala^[1]Area

9.42 km² (3.64 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

682 • Density72/km² (190/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

41123 /41370

Elevation124–151 m (407–495 ft)
(avg. 135 m or 443 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marchenoir (French pronunciation: [maʁʃənwaʁ]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.^[3] The nearby forest of Marchenoir was the site of L'Aumône Abbey, a Cistercian daughter house of Cîteaux Abbey. The Earl of Buckingham stayed at the Abbey in 1380 whilst his army was quartered in the Forest.^[4]

History

In 1650 Claude Pajon was appointed to be pastor to the Reformed Church at Marchenoir.^[5]

The husband and wife comedians Raymond Bussières and Annette Poivre are buried in the Marchenoir cemetery.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	669	—
1975	667	−0.04%
1982	633	−0.74%
1990	627	−0.12%
1999	632	+0.09%
2007	687	+1.05%
2012	664	−0.68%
2017	659	−0.15%
Source: INSEE^[6]

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.
^ INSEE commune file
^ John Froissart, John (1395). Froissart's Chronicles Book II. Manuscript. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ Gootjes, Albert (2013). Claude Pajon (1626-1685) and the Academy of Saumur: The First Controversy over Grace. Brill.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE