Sens-Beaujeu

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Laurent Fauroux^[1]Area21.54 km² (8.32 sq mi)Population402 • Density19/km² (48/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation223–392 m (732–1,286 ft)
(avg. 300 m or 980 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sens-Beaujeu is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated in the Sauldre river valley about 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D7 with the D74 and the D196 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	431	—
1968	511	+18.6%
1975	444	−13.1%
1982	430	−3.2%
1990	398	−7.4%
1999	377	−5.3%
2008	435	+15.4%

Sights

• The church of St. Caprais, dating from the thirteenth century.
• Two feudal mottes.
• The sixteenth-century chateau of Beaujeu, now a hotel.
• Two watermills.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References