Saint-Pierre-les-Bois

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Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
The town hall in Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
The town hall in Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
Location of Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
Saint-Pierre-les-Bois is located in France
Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
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
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementSaint-Amand-Montrond
CantonChâteaumeillant
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Claude Schnürer
Area
1
20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
283
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18230 /18170
Elevation170–233 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[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962387—    
1968401+3.6%
1975281−29.9%
1982302+7.5%
1990299−1.0%
1999305+2.0%
2008318+4.3%

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[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

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