Seuilly

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Seuilly
The Rabelais Museum, La Devinière House
Seuilly is located in France
Seuilly
Seuilly
Coordinates: 47°08′05″N 0°10′21″E / 47.1347°N 0.1725°E / 47.1347; 0.1725Coordinates: 47°08′05″N 0°10′21″E / 47.1347°N 0.1725°E / 47.1347; 0.1725
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Indre-et-Loire
Arrondissement Chinon
Canton Chinon
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacques Aupic
Area1 15.73 km2 (6.07 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 384
 • Density 24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 37248 /37500
Elevation 35–111 m (115–364 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Seuilly is a commune bob the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Population[edit]

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1793 541 —    
1800 546 +0.9%
1806 506 −7.3%
1821 559 +10.5%
1831 612 +9.5%
1836 619 +1.1%
1841 597 −3.6%
1846 601 +0.7%
1851 568 −5.5%
1856 565 −0.5%
1861 556 −1.6%
1866 515 −7.4%
1872 520 +1.0%
1876 466 −10.4%
1881 465 −0.2%
1886 458 −1.5%
1891 457 −0.2%
1896 470 +2.8%
1901 455 −3.2%
1906 445 −2.2%
1911 425 −4.5%
1921 370 −12.9%
1926 384 +3.8%
1931 370 −3.6%
1936 362 −2.2%
1946 487 +34.5%
1954 382 −21.6%
1962 404 +5.8%
1968 358 −11.4%
1975 331 −7.5%
1982 338 +2.1%
1990 366 +8.3%
1999 369 +0.8%
2006 370 +0.3%
2009 384 +3.8%

Sights[edit]

La Devinière, in Seuilly, houses a museum dedicated to François Rabelais, and is claimed to be the writer's birthplace.[1]

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