Cuffy, Cher

Cuffy
Commune
The Guétin Canal aqueduct
Cuffy
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Cuffy
Coordinates: 46°57′42″N 3°03′12″E / 46.9617°N 3.0533°E / 46.9617; 3.0533Coordinates: 46°57′42″N 3°03′12″E / 46.9617°N 3.0533°E / 46.9617; 3.0533
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Olivier Hurabielle
Area1 34.57 km2 (13.35 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 1,115
 • Density 32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18082 /18150
Elevation 166–210 m (545–689 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cuffy is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Loire River and Lateral Canal, the river Allier and the small river Canche, some 33 miles (53 km) east of Bourges at the junction of the D45 with the D50e, D178 and D976 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962804—    
1968835+3.9%
1975798−4.4%
1982871+9.1%
1990968+11.1%
1999996+2.9%
20081,115+11.9%

Sights

  • The church of St. Maurice, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The ruins of a fourteenth-century motte and bailey castle.
  • The Chateau du Vouilly.
  • The 1,343 metres (4,406 ft) aqueduct with 18 arches.

See also

References

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