Thou, Cher

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Commune
Location of Thou
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Coordinates: 47°25′34″N 2°39′42″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Denis Tabordet
Area 1	9.19 km2 (3.55 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	79
• Density	8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18264 /18260
Elevation	198–311 m (650–1,020 ft) (avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

A small farming village situated on the banks of both the Sauldre and Salereine rivers, about 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D96 with the D923 road.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	147	—
1968	157	+6.8%
1975	133	−15.3%
1982	109	−18.0%
1990	74	−32.1%
1999	75	+1.4%
2008	78	+4.0%

Sights

• A church dating from the twentieth century.
• A fifteenth-century house.
• A watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department