Limeux, Cher

Limeux
Commune
The church in Limeux
Limeux
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Limeux
Coordinates: 47°04′32″N 2°06′34″E / 47.0756°N 2.1094°E / 47.0756; 2.1094Coordinates: 47°04′32″N 2°06′34″E / 47.0756°N 2.1094°E / 47.0756; 2.1094
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Vierzon
Canton Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Intercommunality CC Cœur de Berry
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Monique Convergne
Area1 13.17 km2 (5.08 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 149
 • Density 11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18128 /18120
Elevation 127–149 m (417–489 ft)
(avg. 140 m or 460 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, situated between the valleys of the rivers Cher and Arnon some 12 miles (19 km) south of Vierzon at the junction of the D23 and the D123 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962157—    
1968163+3.8%
1975144−11.7%
1982133−7.6%
1990158+18.8%
1999145−8.2%
2008149+2.8%

Sights

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The castle of Saragosse, built in the fourteenth century.
  • The thirteenth-century chapel of the old priory of Saint-Laurent de Manzay.

See also

References

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