Fougères-sur-Bièvre

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]

Fougères-sur-Bièvre
Part of Le Controis-en-Sologne
Town hall
Location of Fougères-sur-Bièvre
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Coordinates: 47°26′55″N 1°20′37″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
Arrondissement	Romorantin-Lanthenay
Canton	Blois-3
Commune	Le Controis-en-Sologne
Area 1	14.69 km2 (5.67 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	789
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	41120
Elevation	78–121 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.

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