Valaire

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Valaire
Commune
Valaire Valaire
Coordinates: 47°28′14″N 1°16′10″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Blois
Canton	Blois-3
Intercommunality	CA Blois Agglopolys
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Catherine Le Troquier
Area 1	6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41266 /41120
Elevation	62–109 m (203–358 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Valaire (French pronunciation: ​[valɛʁ]) is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

The Zen Temple La Gendronniere, founded by Taisen Deshimaru, occupies 80 hectares of land in the north-western part of the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 141 —     1806 137 −2.8% 1821 163 +19.0% 1831 155 −4.9% 1841 136 −12.3% 1851 152 +11.8% 1861 159 +4.6% 1872 173 +8.8% 1881 155 −10.4% 1891 161 +3.9% 1901 150 −6.8% 1911 159 +6.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 130 −18.2% 1931 122 −6.2% 1946 99 −18.9% 1954 102 +3.0% 1962 101 −1.0% 1968 88 −12.9% 1975 91 +3.4% 1982 86 −5.5% 1990 82 −4.7% 1999 87 +6.1% 2005 81 −6.9% 2015 84 +3.7%

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department