Soye-en-Septaine

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Soye-en-Septaine
Soye-en-Septaine
Coordinates: 47°01′39″N 2°29′24″E / 47.0275°N 2.49°E / 47.0275; 2.49Coordinates: 47°01′39″N 2°29′24″E / 47.0275°N 2.49°E / 47.0275; 2.49
Country France
Region Centre
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Levet
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Septaine
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Marie-Françoise Loiseau
Area
 • Land1 18.57 km2 (7.17 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 556
 • Population2 Density 30/km2 (78/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 18254 / 18340
Elevation 132–177 m (433–581 ft)
(avg. 170 m or 560 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.

Soye-en-Septaine 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 river Auron, about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D2076 with the D15 and D46 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 347—    
1968 442+27.4%
1975 428−3.2%
1982 446+4.2%
1990 475+6.5%
1999 563+18.5%
2008 556−1.2%

Sights

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The twelfth-century church of St. Pardoux (closed).

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