Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux

Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux
Commune
The church of Saint-Pierre, in Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux
Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux
Coordinates: 46°44′20″N 2°35′40″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Dun-sur-Auron
Intercommunality	CC Cœur de France
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Gérard Marteau
Area 1	27.34 km2 (10.56 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	739
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18231 /18210
Elevation	161–291 m (528–955 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ le.z‿etjø]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Marmande and the canal de Berry, about 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Bourges near the junction of the D136 with the D6 and D951 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	784	—
1968	833	+6.2%
1975	692	−16.9%
1982	636	−8.1%
1990	759	+19.3%
1999	791	+4.2%
2008	733	−7.3%

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
• A fifteenth-century manorhouse.
• Two eighteenth-century houses.
• An old stone cross.
• A watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department