Feux

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

For the book with the original title Feux, see Fires (book).
Feux
Commune
The town hall in Feux
Location of Feux
Feux
Feux
Coordinates: 47°13′52″N 2°51′31″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementBourges
CantonSancerre
IntercommunalityCC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jack Defaix
Area
1
27.46 km2 (10.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
343
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18094 /18300
Elevation152–215 m (499–705 ft)
(avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Benelle river, some 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D50, D52 and the D210 roads. The river Vauvise and its tributary, the Chantereine, form the eastern border of the commune.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962338—    
1968394+16.6%
1975367−6.9%
1982375+2.2%
1990393+4.8%
1999349−11.2%
2008345−1.1%

Sights
  • The church of St. Anne, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The fifteenth-century presbytery.
  • A feudal motte at the Champ de l'Etang.
  • Vestiges of a medieval castle, now incorporated in a farm, at Marnay.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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