Loye-sur-Arnon

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Loye-sur-Arnon
Loye-sur-Arnon
Coordinates: 46°39′13″N 2°23′14″E / 46.6536°N 2.3872°E / 46.6536; 2.3872Coordinates: 46°39′13″N 2°23′14″E / 46.6536°N 2.3872°E / 46.6536; 2.3872
Country France
Region Centre
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton Saulzais-le-Potier
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Paul Joliet
Area
 • Land1 34.15 km2 (13.19 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 309
 • Population2 Density 9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 18130 / 18170
Elevation 189–248 m (620–814 ft)
(avg. 224 m or 735 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.

Loye-sur-Arnon is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Arnon, some 32 miles (51 km) south of Bourges, on both the D997 and the D951 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 471—    
1968 488+3.6%
1975 390−20.1%
1982 329−15.6%
1990 303−7.9%
1999 308+1.7%
2008 309+0.3%

Sights

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The ruins of a feudal castle at Buchet.
  • The fifteenth-century chateau at Drulon.
  • The seventeenth-century manorhouse des Girouettes.
  • Three watermills, at Drulon, Graveaux and Méséreau.

See also

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