Le Chautay

Le Chautay
Commune
Le Chautay
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Le Chautay
Coordinates: 46°58′39″N 2°58′02″E / 46.9775°N 2.9672°E / 46.9775; 2.9672Coordinates: 46°58′39″N 2°58′02″E / 46.9775°N 2.9672°E / 46.9775; 2.9672
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Melchior d'Aramon
Area1 14.74 km2 (5.69 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 268
  Density 18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18062 /18150
Elevation 172–213 m (564–699 ft)
(avg. 185 m or 607 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.

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

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of both the canal de Berry and the river Aubois, some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D50 and the D920 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962270    
1968310+14.8%
1975301−2.9%
1982317+5.3%
1990278−12.3%
1999317+14.0%
2008268−15.5%

Sights

  • The church of St. Saturnin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A fifteenth-century manorhouse.
  • A watermill.

See also

References

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