Jeu-les-Bois

Jeu-les-Bois
Commune
The town hall in Jeu-les-Bois
Location of Jeu-les-Bois
Jeu-les-Bois Jeu-les-Bois
Coordinates: 46°40′27″N 1°47′45″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
Arrondissement	Châteauroux
Canton	Ardentes
Intercommunality	CA Châteauroux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Breuillaud
Area 1	38.32 km2 (14.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	407
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	36089 /36120
Elevation	143–206 m (469–676 ft) (avg. 171 m or 561 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Jeu-les-Bois (French pronunciation: [ʒø le bwa] ) is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

Geography

The commune is traversed by the river Bouzanne.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 600 —     1800 609 +1.5% 1806 587 −3.6% 1821 641 +9.2% 1831 636 −0.8% 1836 678 +6.6% 1841 656 −3.2% 1846 660 +0.6% 1851 637 −3.5% 1856 657 +3.1% 1861 663 +0.9% 1866 670 +1.1% 1872 640 −4.5% 1876 648 +1.2% 1881 651 +0.5% 1886 657 +0.9% 1891 697 +6.1%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 679 −2.6% 1901 672 −1.0% 1906 658 −2.1% 1911 623 −5.3% 1921 591 −5.1% 1926 566 −4.2% 1931 509 −10.1% 1936 503 −1.2% 1946 473 −6.0% 1954 433 −8.5% 1962 372 −14.1% 1968 343 −7.8% 1975 260 −24.2% 1982 290 +11.5% 1990 335 +15.5% 1999 343 +2.4% 2009 399 +16.3%

See also

• Communes of the Indre department