Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Philippe Moisson^[1]Area18.55 km² (7.16 sq mi)Population292 • Density16/km² (41/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation133–177 m (436–581 ft)
(avg. 200 m or 660 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lu de ʃom]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes, streams and farming comprising the village and two hamlets situated on the banks of the river Cher some 18 miles (29 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D3 with the D35 and the D37 roads. The A71 autoroute passes through the eastern side of the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	326	—
1968	345	+5.8%
1975	322	−6.7%
1982	302	−6.2%
1990	278	−7.9%
1999	277	−0.4%
2008	290	+4.7%

Sights

• The church of St. Loup, dating from the twelfth century.
• The ruins of a fourteenth-century chateau.
• An eighteenth-century watermill.
• Traces of a Roman aqueduct.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

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