Le Chautay

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Le Chautay
Le Chautay
Coordinates: 46°58′39″N 2°58′02″E / 46.9775°N 2.9672°E / 46.9775; 2.9672Coordinates: 46°58′39″N 2°58′02″E / 46.9775°N 2.9672°E / 46.9775; 2.9672
Country France
Region Centre
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Melchior d'Aramon
Area
  Land1 14.74 km2 (5.69 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Population2 268
  Population2 Density 18/km2 (47/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 18062 / 18150
Elevation 172–213 m (564–699 ft)
(avg. 185 m or 607 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 Chautay is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of both the canal de Berry and the river Aubois, some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D50 and the D920 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 270    
1968 310+14.8%
1975 301−2.9%
1982 317+5.3%
1990 278−12.3%
1999 317+14.0%
2008 268−15.5%

Sights

  • The church of St. Saturnin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A fifteenth-century manorhouse.
  • A watermill.

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