Feux

For the book with the original title Feux, see Fires (book).

Feux
The town hall in Feux
Feux
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region Feux
Coordinates: 47°13′52″N 2°51′31″E / 47.2311°N 2.8586°E / 47.2311; 2.8586Coordinates: 47°13′52″N 2°51′31″E / 47.2311°N 2.8586°E / 47.2311; 2.8586
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jack Defaix
Area¹	27.46 km² (10.60 sq mi)
Population (2008)²	345
• Density	13/km² (33/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18094 / 18300
Elevation	152–215 m (499–705 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Benelle river, some 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D50, D52 and the D210 roads. The river Vauvise and its tributary, the Chantereine, form the eastern border of the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	338	—
1968	394	+16.6%
1975	367	−6.9%
1982	375	+2.2%
1990	393	+4.8%
1999	349	−11.2%
2008	345	−1.1%

Sights

The church of St. Anne, dating from the nineteenth century.
The fifteenth-century presbytery.
A feudal motte at the Champ de l'Etang.
Vestiges of a medieval castle, now incorporated in a farm, at Marnay.

References

INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Feux (Cher).

Website about Feux (French)
Feux on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Cher department

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