Sarzay

Sarzay
The church of Saint-Pierre, in Sarzay
Sarzay
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Sarzay
Coordinates: 46°36′09″N 1°54′19″E / 46.6025°N 1.9053°ECoordinates: 46°36′09″N 1°54′19″E / 46.6025°N 1.9053°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	La Châtre
Canton	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Lacou
Area^1	18.3 km^2 (7.1 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	320
• Density	17/km^2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	36210 / 36230
Elevation	183–256 m (600–840 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 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.

Sarzay is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

History

First mentioned in written records in 1300, Sarzay was a parish of the Archbishop of Bourges. The seigneurie of Sarzay belonged to the Barbançois family, who constructed the castle of Sarzay, and they remained the possessor of the fief until 1720. The fief was transformed into a marquisat in 1651. The castle was the setting for a novel by George Sand, le Meunier d'Angibault.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	666	—
1800	467	−29.9%
1806	526	+12.6%
1821	544	+3.4%
1831	682	+25.4%
1836	701	+2.8%
1841	644	−8.1%
1846	645	+0.2%
1851	638	−1.1%
1856	645	+1.1%
1861	649	+0.6%
1866	692	+6.6%
1872	705	+1.9%
1876	697	−1.1%
1881	669	−4.0%
1886	746	+11.5%
1891	759	+1.7%
1896	765	+0.8%
1901	726	−5.1%
1906	730	+0.6%
1911	681	−6.7%
1921	580	−14.8%
1926	562	−3.1%
1931	540	−3.9%
1936	519	−3.9%
1946	468	−9.8%
1954	438	−6.4%
1962	421	−3.9%
1968	379	−10.0%
1975	343	−9.5%
1982	320	−6.7%
1990	319	−0.3%
1999	300	−6.0%
2006	318	+6.0%
2009	320	+0.6%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department

References

• INSEE