Le Noyer, Cher

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Le Noyer
Château de Boucard
Le Noyer is located in France
Le Noyer
Le Noyer
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Location within Centre region
Le Noyer is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Le Noyer
Le Noyer
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Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality Cœur du Pays Fort
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Chantal Millerioux
Area1 19.98 km2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 275
 • Density 14/km2 (36/sq mi)
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 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
Year Pop. ±%
1962 305 —    
1968 398 +30.5%
1975 350 −12.1%
1982 296 −15.4%
1990 265 −10.5%
1999 266 +0.4%
2008 275 +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.

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