Fougères-sur-Bièvre

Part of Le Controis-en-Sologne in Centre-Val de Loire, France

47°26′55″N 1°20′37″E / 47.4486°N 1.3436°E / 47.4486; 1.3436CountryFranceRegionCentre-Val de LoireDepartmentLoir-et-CherArrondissementRomorantin-LanthenayCantonBlois-3CommuneLe Controis-en-Sologne Area14.69 km² (5.67 sq mi)Population782 • Density53/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation78–121 m (256–397 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fougères-sur-Bièvre (French pronunciation: [fuʒɛʁ syʁ bjɛvʁ]) is a former commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Controis-en-Sologne.^[2]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 373 —     1806 494 +32.4% 1821 521 +5.5% 1831 506 −2.9% 1841 604 +19.4% 1851 609 +0.8% 1861 666 +9.4% 1872 788 +18.3% 1881 763 −3.2% 1891 790 +3.5% 1901 766 −3.0% 1911 648 −15.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 672 +3.7% 1931 581 −13.5% 1946 573 −1.4% 1954 564 −1.6% 1962 591 +4.8% 1968 553 −6.4% 1975 598 +8.1% 1982 638 +6.7% 1990 648 +1.6% 1999 653 +0.8% 2008 763 +16.8% 2013 811 +6.3%

See also

• Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre
• Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department

References