Pigny

Pigny
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Pigny
Pigny Location within France Pigny Location within Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 47°10′14″N 2°26′54″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
Intercommunality	CC Terres du Haut Berry
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Richard
Area 1	8.08 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	966
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18179 /18110
Elevation	144–213 m (472–699 ft) (avg. 210 m or 690 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pigny (French pronunciation: [piɲi]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated some 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D11 and the D131 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	361	—
1975	428	+2.46%
1982	597	+4.87%
1990	674	+1.53%
1999	715	+0.66%
2007	743	+0.48%
2012	838	+2.44%
2017	962	+2.80%
2023	966	+0.07%
Source: INSEE

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department