Levroux
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Levroux
|commune status = Commune
|image = Demonstration-musique-2010-2011-066.jpg
|caption = The medieval Porte de Champagne gate
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Levroux (Indre).svg
|arrondissement = Châteauroux
|canton = Levroux
|INSEE = 36093
|postal code = 36110
|mayor = Alexis Rousseau-Jouhennet{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Région de Levroux
|coordinates = {{coord|46.9781|1.6136|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 141
|elevation min m = 125
|elevation max m = 190
|area km2 = 82.32
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Levroux ({{IPA|fr|ləvʁu|-|Fr-Paris--Levroux.ogg}}) is a commune in the Indre department in central France, to the north of Châteauroux. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Saint-Martin-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/9/25/INTB1525662A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 25 September 2015 {{in lang|fr}} On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/8/24/INTB1824137A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 24 August 2018 {{in lang|fr}} Its Porte de Champagne fortified gateway is the only survivor of its seven gates. Levroux is famous for its local delicacy of goats' cheese.
Population
{{Historical populations
|footnote=Populations of the area corresponding with the commune of Levroux at 1 January 2020.
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-36093#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |3507
|1975 |3439
|1982 |3387
|1990 |3278
|1999 |3104
|2007 |3028
|2012 |3047
|2017 |2947
}}
See also
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