Villedieu-le-Château is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Loir-et-Cher

Loir-et-Cher

Loir-et-Cher is a département in north-central France named after the rivers Loir and Cher.-History:Loir-et-Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Orléanais and...

 department in central France

France

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Geography

Villedieu-le-Château borders the commune of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir

La Chartre-sur-le-Loir

La Chartre-sur-le-Loir is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.The surviving church dedicated to St. Vincent was designed by the architect Delarue circa 1830...

 (Sarthe

Sarthe

Sarthe is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.- History :The department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, pursuant to the law of December 22, 1789, starting from a part of the province of Maine which was divided into two departments, Sarthe to the east and...

) and marks the most eastern extension of the département and of the Bas-Vendômois

Bas-Vendômois

The Bas-Vendômois is a small district in central- western France, consisting of the 14 communes of the canton of Montoire-sur-le-Loir, in the arrondissement of Vendôme, département of Loir-et-Cher, France.-History:...

. The Niclos stream traverses the commune.

Sights

The village is dominated by the medieval fortified enceinte of a ruined medieval monastic foundation established by the Abbey of the Trinity at Vendôme. The cult of Our Lady of Pity was transferred to the 15th century parish church, which possesses early painting on wood, and which is the site of an annual pilgrimage in September.

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department