Authon, Loir-et-Cher

Commune française
nomcommune=Authon
région=Centre
département=Loir-et-Cher
arrondissement=Vendôme
canton=Saint-Amand-Longpré
insee=41007
cp=41310
maire=Pascal Mermillod
mandat=
intercomm=
longitude=0.897777777778
latitude=47.6444444444
alt moy=135 m
alt mini=90
alt maxi=156 m
hectares=3226
km²=32.26
sans=698
date-sans=1999
dens=21|

Authon is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher departement in northern-central France, next to Vendôme.

Economic activities are mainly agricultural, with some services including tourism (there are three castles, nature trails and a popular restaurant). A couple of streams run through the village's territory, including one facetiously named the Danube.

The village has supplied a resistance hero, François de Brantes, and, in his daughter Anne-Aymone, a wife to former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

External links

* [http://www.authon.net The village's web site]