Chemillé-sur-Dême

Chemillé-sur-Dême is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.

Geography
The commune is situated in the Western area, near the borderline of the Sarthe region and Loir-et-Cher in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is bordered by other communes such as, Épeigné-sur-Dême, Villedieu-le-Château, Montroveau, Les Hermites, Marray, Louestault and Neuvy-le-Roi.

The commune is situated approximately 35 - 40 minutes (31km) from the North of the city, Tours, which is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, and the prefecture of the department Indre-et-Loire.

The village includes two notable rivers, La Dême (total length of 32.5km) as well as La Dêmée (total length of 13.8km), as well as nine other small rivers including La Rorthe.

The commune is known to have clayey soils in most parts which result in minor cases of shrinkage / swellage, negatively impacting some buildings, and infrastructure.

Personalities linked to the commune
• Jean Raspail, French writer and explorer born in the commune in 1925, who died in Paris in 2020.

• Louis-Charles Couturier (1817 - 1890), was a Benedictine abbot, born in the village.