Sougé, Loir-et-Cher

Sougé
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Sougé
Sougé Sougé
Coordinates: 47°46′16″N 0°43′43″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Vendôme
Canton	Le Perche
Intercommunality	CA Territoires Vendômois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Bonhomme
Area 1	16.88 km2 (6.52 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	471
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	41250 /41800
Elevation	56–147 m (184–482 ft) (avg. 62 m or 203 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sougé, also known as Sougé-sur-Braye (French pronunciation: [suʒe syʁ bʁɛ]) for disambiguation, is a commune in the French department of Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

It is situated on the river Loir in the Loire Valley, Centre Region. The nearest town of more than 40,000 inhabitants is Tours.

History

In the time of the Romans, Sougé had a special importance because of his Roman's camp, called "Camp of Cesar" in the country. Today the fortifications are not visible any longer, but they were visible in the last century.

Geography

Sougé is a village in the department of Loir-et-Cher, there is 437 inhabitants. The village of Sougé is near the village of Couture-sur-Loir (the village of Pierre de Ronsard) and the town of Montoire-sur-le-Loir.

Name

Sougé was called Silviacus (3rd and 8th century), then Selgiacus (11th century), Sugeium in 1216, Sougeium in the 13th century, paroisse des Roches de Sougé in 1595, Sougé-sur-Loir in 1675, Sougé-sur-Braye after the French Revolution, and now Sougé.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,328 —     1806 1,391 +4.7% 1821 1,360 −2.2% 1831 1,361 +0.1% 1841 1,275 −6.3% 1851 1,185 −7.1% 1861 1,133 −4.4% 1872 1,039 −8.3% 1881 1,065 +2.5% 1891 1,047 −1.7% 1901 963 −8.0% 1911 901 −6.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 839 −6.9% 1931 737 −12.2% 1946 675 −8.4% 1954 680 +0.7% 1962 604 −11.2% 1968 570 −5.6% 1975 518 −9.1% 1982 493 −4.8% 1990 462 −6.3% 1999 437 −5.4% 2006 470 +7.6% 2015 472 +0.4%

Sights

The spacious church of St. Quintin has a barrel-vaulted roof and early twentieth century glass depicting amongst other themes Pope Leo XIII. There are traces of Renaissance architecture along the main (and almost only) street. The village cemetery contains Commonwealth graves.

See also

• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

External links

• Official website