Sury-ès-Bois

Sury-ès-Bois
The church in Sury-ès-Bois
Sury-ès-Bois
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Sury-ès-Bois
Coordinates: 47°27′55″N 2°42′18″E / 47.4653°N 2.705°ECoordinates: 47°27′55″N 2°42′18″E / 47.4653°N 2.705°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality	Cœur du Pays Fort
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Rimbault
Area^1	31.9 km^2 (12.3 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	290
• Density	9.1/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18259 / 18260
Elevation	200–336 m (656–1,102 ft) (avg. 263 m or 863 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.

Sury-ès-Bois is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A large farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated at the border with the department of Loiret about 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D13, D926 and the D74 roads. The commune’s territory is the source of several small rivers.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	452	—
1968	506	+11.9%
1975	423	−16.4%
1982	371	−12.3%
1990	350	−5.7%
1999	315	−10.0%
2008	290	−7.9%

Sights

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The manorhouse of l'Asnerie.
• Traces of the old priory of Saint-Anne.
• The thirteenth-century chapel of the chateau of Charpignon.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Sury-ès-Bois on the Quid website (French)