Le Chautay

Le Chautay
Commune
Location of Le Chautay
Le Chautay Le Chautay
Coordinates: 46°58′39″N 2°58′02″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Melchior d'Aramon
Area 1	14.74 km2 (5.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	266
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18062 /18150
Elevation	172–213 m (564–699 ft) (avg. 185 m or 607 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Chautay is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of both the canal de Berry and the river Aubois, some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D50 and the D920 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	270	—
1968	310	+14.8%
1975	301	−2.9%
1982	317	+5.3%
1990	278	−12.3%
1999	317	+14.0%
2008	268	−15.5%

Sights

• The church of St. Saturnin, dating from the twelfth century.
• A fifteenth-century manorhouse.
• A watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department