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.

Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes
Commune
The old town hall in Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes
Location of Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes
Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes Show map of France Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes Show map of Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 46°49′31″N 2°23′24″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Trouy
Intercommunality	CC Arnon Boischaut Cher
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Moisson[1]
Area 1	18.55 km2 (7.16 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	299
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18221 /18190
Elevation	133–177 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.

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

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes.

• Annuaire Mairie website (in French)

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