Fours, Nièvre

Fours
Commune
The centre of Fours
Fours
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region Fours
Coordinates: 46°49′05″N 3°43′13″E / 46.8181°N 3.7203°E / 46.8181; 3.7203Coordinates: 46°49′05″N 3°43′13″E / 46.8181°N 3.7203°E / 46.8181; 3.7203
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Château-Chinon (Ville)
Canton	Luzy
Intercommunality	Loire et Morvan
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Georges Pereira
Area¹	25.53 km² (9.86 sq mi)
Population (1999)²	780
• Density	31/km² (79/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	58118 /58250
Elevation	201–263 m (659–863 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.

Fours is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.

Geography

The river Alène forms all of the commune's northern border.

At the 1999 census, the population was 780. On 1 January 2007, the estimate was 758.

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Communes of the Nièvre department

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