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Bourges | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
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Coordinates: 47°05′04″N 2°23′47″E / 47.0844°N 2.3964°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Cher |
Arrondissement | Bourges |
Intercommunality | CA Bourges Plus |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Pascal Blanc |
Area 1 | 68.74 km2 (26.54 sq mi) |
Population (2009) | 66,786 |
• Density | 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
Demonym | Berruyers |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 18033 /18000 |
Elevation | 120–169 m (394–554 ft) (avg. 153 m or 502 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1793 | 15,964 | — |
1800 | 16,330 | +2.3% |
1806 | 17,552 | +7.5% |
1821 | 18,910 | +7.7% |
1831 | 19,730 | +4.3% |
1836 | 25,324 | +28.4% |
1841 | 22,826 | −9.9% |
1846 | 24,799 | +8.6% |
1851 | 25,037 | +1.0% |
1856 | 26,799 | +7.0% |
1861 | 28,064 | +4.7% |
1866 | 30,119 | +7.3% |
1872 | 31,312 | +4.0% |
1876 | 35,785 | +14.3% |
1881 | 40,217 | +12.4% |
1886 | 42,829 | +6.5% |
1891 | 45,342 | +5.9% |
1896 | 43,587 | −3.9% |
1901 | 46,551 | +6.8% |
1906 | 44,133 | −5.2% |
1911 | 45,735 | +3.6% |
1921 | 45,942 | +0.5% |
1926 | 44,245 | −3.7% |
1931 | 45,067 | +1.9% |
1936 | 49,263 | +9.3% |
1946 | 51,040 | +3.6% |
1954 | 53,879 | +5.6% |
1962 | 60,632 | +12.5% |
1968 | 70,814 | +16.8% |
1975 | 77,300 | +9.2% |
1982 | 76,432 | −1.1% |
1990 | 75,609 | −1.1% |
1999 | 72,434 | −4.2% |
2008 | 68,980 | −4.8% |
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Bourges is a commune. It is the prefecture of the Cher department.
Sister cities
[change | change source]Bourges is twinned with:
Augsburg, Germany
Aveiro, Portugal
Forlì, Italy
Koszalin, Poland
Palencia, Spain
Peterborough, United Kingdom
Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
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