Arville is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. On 1 January 2018, it was merged into the new commune of Couëtron-au-Perche.

Arville's 12th-Century commandry now hosts a museum on the Crusades and the Knights Templar.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 350 —     1800 346 −1.1% 1806 385 +11.3% 1821 409 +6.2% 1831 399 −2.4% 1836 430 +7.8% 1841 388 −9.8% 1846 385 −0.8% 1851 358 −7.0% 1856 371 +3.6% 1861 347 −6.5% 1866 349 +0.6% 1872 318 −8.9% 1876 344 +8.2% 1881 329 −4.4% 1886 358 +8.8% 1891 376 +5.0% 1896 374 −0.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 355 −5.1% 1906 334 −5.9% 1911 314 −6.0% 1921 303 −3.5% 1926 307 +1.3% 1931 288 −6.2% 1936 288 +0.0% 1946 274 −4.9% 1954 248 −9.5% 1962 229 −7.7% 1968 228 −0.4% 1975 178 −21.9% 1982 152 −14.6% 1990 122 −19.7% 1999 108 −11.5% 2006 118 +9.3% 2009 119 +0.8% 2015 80 −32.8%

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

• The Commandry Official site
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)