Le Noyer, Cher

Le Noyer
Commune
Château de Boucard
Location of Le Noyer
Le Noyer Location within France Le Noyer Location within Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 47°23′06″N 2°40′54″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Chantal Millerioux
Area 1	19.98 km2 (7.71 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	246
• Density	12.3/km2 (31.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18168 /18260
Elevation	208–374 m (682–1,227 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valley of the Sauldre river, some 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D55, D85, D94 and the D74 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1800	665	—
1861	1,003	+0.68%
1866	1,001	−0.04%
1911	828	−0.42%
1962	491	−1.02%
1968	398	−3.44%
1975	350	−1.82%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1982	296	−2.37%
1990	265	−1.37%
1999	266	+0.04%
2007	272	+0.28%
2012	235	−2.88%
2017	219	−1.40%
2023	246	+1.96%

Source: EHESS, INSEE

Sights

• A seventeenth-century farm and mill.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The château of Boucard, rebuilt in the sixteenth century over the feudal castle.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department