La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
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La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois | |
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Railway station | |
Coordinates: 46°57′07″N 2°56′54″E / 46.9519°N 2.9483°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Cher |
Arrondissement | Saint-Amand-Montrond |
Canton | La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Ducastel[1] |
Area 1 | 52.7 km2 (20.3 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 3,162 |
• Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 18108 /18150 |
Elevation | 175–222 m (574–728 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (French pronunciation: [la ɡɛʁʃ syʁ lobwa]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Geography
An area of farming and forestry comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Aubois and the canal de Berry, some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D920 and the D975 roads.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 3,717 | — |
1975 | 3,682 | −0.14% |
1982 | 3,326 | −1.44% |
1990 | 3,219 | −0.41% |
1999 | 3,397 | +0.60% |
2007 | 3,410 | +0.05% |
2012 | 3,325 | −0.50% |
2017 | 3,274 | −0.31% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Sights
- Vestiges of Gallo-Roman occupation.
- Two watermills, at Faguin and l'Oie.
- The church of St. Etienne, dating from the twelfth century.
- An old ironworks.
- The fifteenth-century manorhouse at Chezelles.
See also
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.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- Official commune website (in French)
- La Guerche on the ‘Stations vertes’ website (in French)
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