Saint-Pierre-les-Bois

Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
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Coordinates: 46°39′55″N 2°16′47″E / 46.6653°N 2.2797°E / 46.6653; 2.2797Coordinates: 46°39′55″N 2°16′47″E / 46.6653°N 2.2797°E / 46.6653; 2.2797
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Châteaumeillant
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Schnürer
Area 1	20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	283
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18230 /18170
Elevation	170–233 m (558–764 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-les-Bois (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ pjɛʁ le bwa]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography[]

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Portefeuille, about 32 miles (51 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D69 with the D3 road. The river Arnon forms a small part of the commune’s northern border.

Population[]

Sights[]

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century (historic monument).
• Two eighteenth-century houses.

See also[]

• Communes of the Cher department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Pierre-les-Bois.

• Annuaire Mairie website (in French)