Ivoy-le-Pré

Ivoy-le-Pré
Coat of arms
Ivoy-le-Pré
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Ivoy-le-Pré
Coordinates: 47°20′45″N 2°29′16″E / 47.3458°N 2.4878°ECoordinates: 47°20′45″N 2°29′16″E / 47.3458°N 2.4878°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	La Chapelle-d'Angillon
Intercommunality	Sauldre et Sologne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	David Dallois
Area^1	98.74 km^2 (38.12 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	873
• Density	8.8/km^2 (23/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18115 / 18380
Elevation	191–355 m (627–1,165 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 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.

Ivoy-le-Pré is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the petite Sauldre river, about 16 miles (26 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D55, D12 and the D39 roads and on the D926.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	895	—
1968	1,042	+16.4%
1975	856	−17.9%
1982	933	+9.0%
1990	807	−13.5%
1999	857	+6.2%
2008	873	+1.9%

Sights

• The church of St. Aignan, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The château d’Ivoy, dating from the seventeenth century.
• A disused watermill.

Personalities

• Nicolas Leblanc, chemist, was born here on December 6, 1742.
• Félix Millet, born here in 1844, was the inventor of an early motorbike, the motocyclette.
• Rémy Chauvin, biologist and entomologist lived here at the château in the 1990s.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Ivoy-le-Pré on the Quid website (French)