Azay-sur-Cher

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Coat of arms

Location of Azay-sur-Cher

(2020–2026) Janick Alary^[1]Area

22.85 km² (8.82 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,080 • Density130/km² (350/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

37015 /37270

Elevation48–103 m (157–338 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Azay-sur-Cher (French pronunciation: [azɛ syʁ ʃɛʁ], Azay on Cher) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is twinned with Bedale, North Yorkshire, UK.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,314	—
1800	1,153	−1.85%
1806	1,201	+0.68%
1821	1,209	+0.04%
1831	1,355	+1.15%
1836	1,296	−0.89%
1841	1,262	−0.53%
1846	1,223	−0.63%
1851	1,289	+1.06%
1856	1,301	+0.19%
1861	1,307	+0.09%
1866	1,317	+0.15%
1872	1,250	−0.87%
1876	1,260	+0.20%
1881	1,324	+1.00%
1886	1,331	+0.11%
1891	1,206	−1.95%
1896	1,107	−1.70%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,114	+0.13%
1906	1,125	+0.20%
1911	1,111	−0.25%
1921	1,089	−0.20%
1926	1,116	+0.49%
1931	1,052	−1.17%
1936	1,077	+0.47%
1946	1,131	+0.49%
1954	1,144	+0.14%
1962	1,150	+0.07%
1968	1,194	+0.63%
1975	1,375	+2.04%
1982	1,830	+4.17%
1990	2,408	+3.49%
1999	2,704	+1.30%
2007	2,915	+0.94%
2012	3,023	+0.73%
2017	3,082	+0.39%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Azay-sur-Cher, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE