Droué

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Droué

(2020–2026) Catherine Monnier^[1]Area

24.04 km² (9.28 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,017 • Density42/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

41075 /41260

Elevation143–214 m (469–702 ft)
(avg. 158 m or 518 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Droué (French pronunciation: [dʁue]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.^[3]

It is 65 km northwest of Blois and is bordered on the south by the Egvonne, a tributary of the Loir.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,065	—
1975	1,291	+2.79%
1982	1,322	+0.34%
1990	1,353	+0.29%
1999	1,205	−1.28%
2007	1,115	−0.97%
2012	1,036	−1.46%
2017	992	−0.86%
Source: INSEE^[4]

International relations

It is twinned with Rothwell in the United Kingdom and Gondelsheim in Germany.

References

^ "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.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE