Colombiers, Cher

Colombiers
Commune
Chateau of La Salle
Colombiers
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Colombiers
Coordinates: 46°42′06″N 2°32′27″E / 46.7017°N 2.5408°E / 46.7017; 2.5408Coordinates: 46°42′06″N 2°32′27″E / 46.7017°N 2.5408°E / 46.7017; 2.5408
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton Saint-Amand-Montrond
Intercommunality Cœur de France
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Daniel Bone
Area1 9.51 km2 (3.67 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 397
 • Density 42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18069 /18200
Elevation 153–210 m (502–689 ft)
(avg. 170 m or 560 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.

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

Geography

A village of farming and forestry situated in the Cher River valley some 31 miles (50 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D101 with the D2144 and the D141 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962255—    
1968258+1.2%
1975227−12.0%
1982260+14.5%
1990320+23.1%
1999356+11.3%
2008397+11.5%

Sights

  • The thirteenth-century church of St. Martin.
  • The fifteenth-century castle, the chateau of La Salle
  • A watermill, le moulin du Bas.
  • A seventeenth-century stone cross.

See also

References

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