Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux

Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux
The church of Saint-Pierre, in Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux The church of Saint-Pierre, in Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux
Coat of arms of Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux Coat of arms
Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux
Location within Centre region Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Charenton-du-Cher
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bertrand Desnoix
Area1	27.34 km2 (10.56 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	733
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18231 / 18210
Elevation	161–291 m (528–955 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 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-Pierre-les-Étieux is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Marmande and the canal de Berry, about 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Bourges near the junction of the D136 with the D6 and D951 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	784	—
1968	833	+6.2%
1975	692	−16.9%
1982	636	−8.1%
1990	759	+19.3%
1999	791	+4.2%
2008	733	−7.3%

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
• A fifteenth-century manorhouse.
• Two eighteenth-century houses.
• An old stone cross.
• A watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Annuaire Marie website (French)
• Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux on the Quid website (French)