Châteauneuf-sur-Cher

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) William Pelletier^[1]Area21.97 km² (8.48 sq mi)Population1,394 • Density63/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation132–174 m (433–571 ft)
(avg. 149 m or 489 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Châteauneuf-sur-Cher (French pronunciation: [ʃɑtonœf syʁ ʃɛʁ]) 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 large village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Cher, some 16 miles (26 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D940 with the D73, D35 and the D14 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,701	—
1968	1,783	+4.8%
1975	1,722	−3.4%
1982	1,657	−3.8%
1990	1,645	−0.7%
1999	1,614	−1.9%
2008	1,537	−4.8%

Sights

• The nineteenth-century church of Notre-Dame.
• A thirteenth-century castle.
• The twelfth-century church at the hamlet of Marigny.
• The winegrowers’ stone cabin at Marigny.

Personalities

• Ernest-Francois Mallard (1833–1894), mineralogist was born here.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

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