Romilly, Loir-et-Cher

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Romilly

(2020–2026) Régine Vassaux^[1]Area

14.9 km² (5.8 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

148 • Density9.9/km² (26/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

41193 /41270

Elevation144–210 m (472–689 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Romilly (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmiji]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	216	—
1975	209	−0.47%
1982	200	−0.63%
1990	189	−0.70%
1999	169	−1.24%
2007	136	−2.68%
2012	187	+6.58%
2017	140	−5.62%
Source: INSEE^[3]

In media

In the movie Passage to Marseille, the character Jean Matrac, who is in the Free French Air Forces, after each of several missions, flies over Romilly to a drop a message to his wife Paula and their son Jean, who live in the town. Humphrey Bogart played Matrac. Michèle Morgan played Paula and Peter Miles played Jean, Jr.

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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE