Le Noyer, Cher

Le Noyer
Château de Boucard
Le Noyer
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Le Noyer
Coordinates: 47°23′06″N 2°40′54″E / 47.385°N 2.6817°ECoordinates: 47°23′06″N 2°40′54″E / 47.385°N 2.6817°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality	Cœur du Pays Fort
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Chantal Millerioux
Area^1	19.98 km^2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	275
• Density	14/km^2 (36/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18168 / 18260
Elevation	208–374 m (682–1,227 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 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.

Le Noyer 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 Sauldre river, some 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D55, D85, D94 and the D74 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	305	—
1968	398	+30.5%
1975	350	−12.1%
1982	296	−15.4%
1990	265	−10.5%
1999	266	+0.4%
2008	275	+3.4%

Sights

• A seventeenth-century farm and mill.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The chateau of Boucard, rebuilt in the sixteenth century over the feudal castle.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Le Noyer on the Quid website (French)