Editing Montrichard

{{for|the Napoleonic French general|Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name              = Montrichard
|image             = Cher Montrichard.jpg
|caption           = The Cher River at Montrichard
|image coat of arms= Blason ville fr Montrichard (Loir-et-Cher).svg
|arrondissement    = Blois
|canton            = Montrichard Val de Cher
|INSEE             = 41151
|postal code       = 41400
|commune           = Montrichard Val de Cher
|coordinates       = {{coord|47.3436|1.1842|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|population demonym = {{lang|fr|Montrichardais(e)}}
|elevation m       = 68
|elevation min m   = 59
|elevation max m   = 134
|area km2          = 14.36
|population        = 3048
|population date   = 2022
|population footnotes   = <ref name=pop2022>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]|date=December 2024}}</ref>
}}
'''Montrichard''' ({{IPA|fr|mɔ̃tʁiʃaʁ}}<!-- Letter T is correctly pronounced -->) is a town and former [[communes of France|commune]] in the [[Loir-et-Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Centre-Val de Loire]], [[France]].<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|23834|Montrichard}}</ref> On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of [[Montrichard Val de Cher]].<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/2/INTB1530810A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 2 December 2015</ref>

During the [[French Revolution]], the commune was known as {{lang|fr|Montégalité}}.<ref name="ehess"/>

==Geography==
The town lies on the north bank of the river [[Cher (river)|Cher]]. {{Convert|32|km|mi|0}} south of [[Blois]], {{Convert|73|km|mi|0}} west of [[Vierzon]] and {{Convert|42|km|mi|0}} east of [[Tours]]. The countryside is mainly constituted of vineyard, woods, cattle and cereals.

==Sites and monuments==
* [[Château de Montrichard]], a mediaeval castle.
* Nanteuil Church (12th, 13th, 15th centuries), whose statue of the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin Mary]] is the object of a very ancient [[pilgrimage]] on [[Whit Monday]].
* Church of the Holy Cross (''Église Ste-Croix'') has a fine [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] doorway and was the site of Joan of France's marriage to the future king.
* Château de Pont-Cher, a 15th-century home built into the cliff, containing the René Galloux collection of prehistoric and [[Gallo-Roman]] artefacts from excavations in the Cher valley.<ref>''Châteaux of the Loire'' p76 Michelin Tyre Co Ltd 1977 {{ISBN|2-06-013210-X}}</ref>

==Pronunciation==
{{lang|fr|Montrichard}} is pronounced {{IPA|fr|mɔ̃tʁiʃaʁ}}, with a T sound, despite its silence in the word {{lang|fr|mont}} and similar place names such as {{lang|fr|Montréal}}. One of the explanations that may justify the pronunciation of the T is that {{lang|fr|Montrichard}} is derived from the words {{lang|fr|mont}} (mountain, hill), {{lang|fr|tri}} (for three) and {{lang|fr|chard}} (square), because the town is situated on a hill surrounded on three sides by square towers.<ref>[http://www.histoires-et-aventures-en-pays-de-loire.com/article-27-comtes-de-blois-et-comtes-d-anjou-41203128.html Webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912061142/http://www.histoires-et-aventures-en-pays-de-loire.com/article-27-comtes-de-blois-et-comtes-d-anjou-41203128.html |date=2016-09-12 }} (in French) explaining the city name "Montrichard".</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Joan of France, Duchess of Berry]], married the future king of France [[Louis XII]] in Montrichard, though the marriage was later annulled.
* [[André Alerme]], a French actor who appeared in more than 70 films, died here in 1960.
* Paulette Abagnale,{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} mother of [[Frank Abagnale]], confidence trickster
* [[Gaétan Cathelineau]], painter of portraits and of historical and genre subjects.<ref>{{Bryan (3rd edition)|title=Cathelineau, Gaëtan |volume=1 |no-prescript=y |short=y |noicon=y}}</ref>
* [[Eugénie Luce]], French educator who lived and worked in [[Algiers]], died in Montrichard in 1882.<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/8800/ |title = Luce Ben Aben School of Arab Embroidery I, Algiers, Algeria |website = [[World Digital Library]] |date = 1899 |accessdate = 26 September 2013 }}</ref>

==Popular culture==
The town is mentioned in the 2002 film ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'', as the town from which the mother of [[Frank Abagnale]] came. Later in the film, Abagnale has set up a high-end printing facility for printing corporate cheques in Montrichard when he is tracked down and arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]. The exterior shots of the town, however, were filmed in the [[Place Royale, Quebec City|Place Royale]] in the lower town of [[Quebec City]], Canada, which is identifiable by the presence of the [[Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-was-catch-me-if-you-can-filmed/|publisher=The Cinemaholic|title=Catch Me If You Can: Where Was the 2002 Movie Filmed?|last=Dutta|first=Nishitha|date=August 30, 2022|access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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