Château-du-Loir
# Château-du-Loir

Château-du-Loir (French pronunciation: ​; literally 'Château of the Loir') is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 October 2016, it was merged into the new commune Montval-sur-Loir. Château-du-Loir station has rail connections to Tours and Le Mans.

## Notable people

* Gervais II, lord of Château-du-Loir
* Cécile Didier (1888–1975), stage and film actress
* Guillaume des Roches (1165 - 1222), lord of Longué-Jumelles and Château-du-Loir, comrade in arms of Philippe Auguste
* Saint Siméon-François Berneux (1814 - 1866), one of the Korean Martyrs
* Pierre Loutrel (1916 - 1946), bandit
