Sougé, Loir-et-Cher

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Coordinates: 47°46′16″N 0°43′43″E / 47.7711111111, 0.728611111111

Commune of Sougé
Location
Sougé, Loir-et-Cher (France)
Sougé, Loir-et-Cher
Administration
Country France
Region Centre
Department Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement Vendôme
Canton Savigny-sur-Braye
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Coteaux de la Braye
Mayor Bernard Bonhomme
Statistics
Elevation 56 m–147 m
(avg. 62 m)
Land area¹ 16.88 km²
Population²
(1999)		 437
 - Density 25/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 41250/ 41800
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Sougé is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher département in France. One of the nearest town of more than 40,000 inhabitants is Blois. It is situated on the Loir River in the Loir Valley, in the Centre region of France.

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[edit] History

In the time of the Romans Sougé had a special importance because of his Roman's camp, called "Camp of Cesar" in the country. Today the fortifications are not visible any longer, but they were visible in the last century.

[edit] Geography

Sougé is a village in the department of Loir-et-Cher, there is 437 inhabitants. The village of Sougé is near of the village of Couture-sur-Loir (the village of Pierre de Ronsard). The village of Sougé is near of the town of Montoire-sur-le-Loir.

[edit] Name

Sougé was called Silviacus (3rd and 8th century), then Selgiacus (11th century), Sugeium in 1216, Sougeium in the 13th century, paroisse des Roches de Sougé in 1595, Sougé-sur-Loir in 1675, Sougé-sur-Braye after the French Revolution, and now Sougé.

[edit] See also

Communes near Sougé:

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