Faverdines

Faverdines
Commune
Faverdines
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Faverdines
Coordinates: 46°38′22″N 2°28′37″E / 46.6394°N 2.4769°E / 46.6394; 2.4769Coordinates: 46°38′22″N 2°28′37″E / 46.6394°N 2.4769°E / 46.6394; 2.4769
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton Châteaumeillant
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Marie Morier
Area1 18.51 km2 (7.15 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 137
  Density 7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18093 /18360
Elevation 172–239 m (564–784 ft)
(avg. 187 m or 614 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.

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

Geography

An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Loubière, some 26 miles (42 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D140 and the D1 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the eastern part of the commune’s territory.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962187    
1968203+8.6%
1975147−27.6%
1982147+0.0%
1990139−5.4%
1999136−2.2%
2006137+0.7%

Sights

  • The fourteenth-century church of St. Aignan.
  • The vestiges of a fortified feudal manorhouse at Chaudenay.

See also

References

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