Germigny-l'Exempt

Germigny-l’Exempt
Commune
Germigny-l’Exempt
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Germigny-l’Exempt
Coordinates: 46°55′08″N 2°53′57″E / 46.9189°N 2.8992°E / 46.9189; 2.8992Coordinates: 46°55′08″N 2°53′57″E / 46.9189°N 2.8992°E / 46.9189; 2.8992
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Pierre Blévin
Area1 28.26 km2 (10.91 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 322
 • Density 11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18101 /18150
Elevation 180–227 m (591–745 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.

Germigny-l’Exempt is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of the small Godefroy river some 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Bourges at the junction of the D100, D15, D78 and the D43 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962553—    
1968509−8.0%
1975472−7.3%
1982383−18.9%
1990362−5.5%
1999331−8.6%
2008322−2.7%

Sights

  • The fourteenth-century church of Notre-Dame.
  • The chateau of Château-Renaud, dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

References

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