Couargues

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Couargues
Couargues
Coordinates: 47°16′41″N 2°55′47″E / 47.2781°N 2.9297°E / 47.2781; 2.9297Coordinates: 47°16′41″N 2°55′47″E / 47.2781°N 2.9297°E / 47.2781; 2.9297
Country France
Region Centre
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Sancerre
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Maurice Rat
Area
  Land1 11.62 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 210
  Population2 Density 18/km2 (47/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 18074 / 18300
Elevation 141–155 m (463–509 ft)
(avg. 178 m or 584 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.

Couargues is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising five hamlets situated between the banks of the Loire River and the canal parallel to the Loire, some 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D59 with the D206 and D259 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 199    
1968 238+19.6%
1975 224−5.9%
1982 211−5.8%
1990 207−1.9%
1999 228+10.1%
2008 210−7.9%

Sights

The presbytery
  • The presbytery of St. Aignan, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • Two watermills.


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