Saint-Pierre-les-Bois

Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
Location of Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
Saint-Pierre-les-Bois Saint-Pierre-les-Bois
Coordinates: 46°39′55″N 2°16′47″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Châteaumeillant
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Schnürer
Area 1	20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	283
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18230 /18170
Elevation	170–233 m (558–764 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-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ le bwa]) 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 Portefeuille, about 32 miles (51 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D69 with the D3 road. The river Arnon forms a small part of the commune's northern border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	387	—
1968	401	+3.6%
1975	281	−29.9%
1982	302	+7.5%
1990	299	−1.0%
1999	305	+2.0%
2008	318	+4.3%

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century (historic monument).
• Two eighteenth-century houses.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department