Saint-Éloy-de-Gy

Saint-Éloy-de-Gy
Commune
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Saint-Éloy-de-Gy
Coordinates: 47°09′25″N 2°20′35″E / 47.1569°N 2.3431°E / 47.1569; 2.3431Coordinates: 47°09′25″N 2°20′35″E / 47.1569°N 2.3431°E / 47.1569; 2.3431
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
Intercommunality	CC Terres du Haut Berry
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Bourgougnon
Area1	31.2 km2 (12.0 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,530
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18206 /18110
Elevation	133–235 m (436–771 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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.

Saint-Éloy-de-Gy is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

Saint-Éloy-de-Gy is an area of forestry and farming comprising two villages and several hamlets situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D944 with the D160 and D68 roads.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Éloy, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fifteenth-century Château de Dame.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Éloy-de-Gy.

• The commune’s sports association website (in French)
• Saint-Éloy-de-Gy on the Quid website (in French)