Sougé, Loir-et-Cher

Sougé
Sougé
	Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sougé
	Sougé Sougé
	Coordinates: 47°46′16″N 0°43′43″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Le Perche
Intercommunality	Coteaux de la Braye
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Bonhomme
Area 1	16.88 km2 (6.52 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	479
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41250 /41800
Elevation	56–147 m (184–482 ft) ; (avg. 62 m or 203 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sougé is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher department in central France.

It is situated on the Loir River in the Loir Valley, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The nearest town of more than 40,000 inhabitants is Tours.

History

In the time of the Romans, Sougé had a special importance because of his Roman's camp, called "Camp of Cesar" in the country. Today the fortifications are not visible any longer, but they were visible in the last century.

Geography

Sougé is a village in the department of Loir-et-Cher, there is 437 inhabitants. The village of Sougé is near the village of Couture-sur-Loir (the village of Pierre de Ronsard). The village of Sougé is near the town of Montoire-sur-le-Loir.

Name

Sougé was called Silviacus (3rd and 8th century), then Selgiacus (11th century), Sugeium in 1216, Sougeium in the 13th century, paroisse des Roches de Sougé in 1595, Sougé-sur-Loir in 1675, Sougé-sur-Braye after the French Revolution, and now Sougé.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,328	—
1806	1,391	+4.7%
1821	1,360	−2.2%
1831	1,361	+0.1%
1841	1,275	−6.3%
1851	1,185	−7.1%
1861	1,133	−4.4%
1872	1,039	−8.3%
1881	1,065	+2.5%
1891	1,047	−1.7%
1901	963	−8.0%
1911	901	−6.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	839	−6.9%
1931	737	−12.2%
1946	675	−8.4%
1954	680	+0.7%
1962	604	−11.2%
1968	570	−5.6%
1975	518	−9.1%
1982	493	−4.8%
1990	462	−6.3%
1999	437	−5.4%
2006	470	+7.6%
2015	472	+0.4%

Sights

The spacious church of St. Quintin has a barrel-vaulted roof and early twentieth century glass depicting amongst other themes Pope Leo XIII. There are traces of Renaissance architecture along the main (and almost only) street. The village cemetery contains Commonwealth graves.

References

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

External links

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.