Le Noyer, Cher

Le Noyer
Commune
Le Noyer
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Le Noyer
Coordinates: 47°23′06″N 2°40′54″E / 47.385°N 2.6817°E / 47.385; 2.6817Coordinates: 47°23′06″N 2°40′54″E / 47.385°N 2.6817°E / 47.385; 2.6817
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Sancerre
Intercommunality CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Chantal Millerioux
Area1 19.98 km2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 275
 • Density 14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18168 /18260
Elevation 208–374 m (682–1,227 ft)
(avg. 260 m or 850 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 Noyer is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valley of the Sauldre river, some 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D55, D85, D94 and the D74 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962305—    
1968398+30.5%
1975350−12.1%
1982296−15.4%
1990265−10.5%
1999266+0.4%
2008275+3.4%

Sights

  • A seventeenth-century farm and mill.
  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The chateau of Boucard, rebuilt in the sixteenth century over the feudal castle.

See also

References

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