Chassy, Cher

Chassy
Commune
The Villiers windmill
Chassy
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Chassy
Coordinates: 47°02′33″N 2°50′13″E / 47.0425°N 2.8369°E / 47.0425; 2.8369Coordinates: 47°02′33″N 2°50′13″E / 47.0425°N 2.8369°E / 47.0425; 2.8369
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Avord
Intercommunality Pays de Nérondes
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Paul Devoucoux
Area1 17.76 km2 (6.86 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 257
 • Density 14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18056 /18800
Elevation 175–252 m (574–827 ft)
(avg. 200 m or 660 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chassy is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming village with one hamlet situated some 19 miles (31 km) east of Bourges at the junction of the D12 with the D6 and D6e roads. The river Vauvise forms most of the commune's southern border before entering the territory of the neighbouring commune of Laverdines, then flows back north through the northwestern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962266—    
1968316+18.8%
1975278−12.0%
1982231−16.9%
1990203−12.1%
1999229+12.8%
2008257+12.2%

Sights

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The sixteenth-century chateau de Villiers, with a windmill.
  • A seventeenth-century stone cross.

See also

References

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