Couture-sur-Loir

Couture-sur-Loir
Manoir de la Possonnière, birthplace of Pierre de Ronsard
Manoir de la Possonnière, birthplace of Pierre de Ronsard
Coat of arms of Couture-sur-Loir
Location of Couture-sur-Loir
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Couture-sur-Loir is located in France
Couture-sur-Loir
Couture-sur-Loir
Couture-sur-Loir is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Couture-sur-Loir
Couture-sur-Loir
Coordinates: 47°45′16″N 0°41′19″E / 47.7544°N 0.6886°E / 47.7544; 0.6886
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoir-et-Cher
ArrondissementVendôme
CantonMontoire-sur-le-Loir
CommuneVallée-de-Ronsard
Area
1
14.3 km2 (5.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
412
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
41800
Elevation54–136 m (177–446 ft)
(avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Couture-sur-Loir (French pronunciation: [kutyʁ syʁ lwaʁ], literally Couture on Loir) is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallée-de-Ronsard.[2]

It is situated in the northwest of the Loir-et-Cher department, 33 km (21 mi) to the west of Vendôme. It lies mainly on the left bank of the river Loir.