Herry

Herry
Herry
	Commune
	The town hall in Herry
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Herry Location within Centre-Val de Loire region Herry
	Coordinates: 47°13′03″N 2°57′16″E / 47.2175°N 2.9544°ECoordinates: 47°13′03″N 2°57′16″E / 47.2175°N 2.9544°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Avord
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique de Montalivet
Area1	49.87 km2 (19.25 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,075
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18110 /18140
Elevation	147–188 m (482–617 ft) ; (avg. 167 m or 548 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.

Herry 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 a dozen hamlets situated by the banks of the canal lateral a la Loire, some 27 miles (43 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D7, D920 and the D52 roads. The river Vauvise forms most of the commune's western border and the Loire most of its eastern border. A nature reserve, the Val de Loire National Nature Reserve was created here in 1995, along 12 miles (19 km) of the Loire valley.^[1]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	936	—
1968	1,097	+17.2%
1975	964	−12.1%
1982	1,024	+6.2%
1990	991	−3.2%
1999	1,016	+2.5%
2008	1,075	+5.8%

Sights

The church of St. Loup, dating from the thirteenth century.
The fifteenth-century château.
An ancient abbey at Chalivoy.

References

INSEE

↑ "Val de Loire". Les réserves naturelles de France - les réserves. Réserves naturelles de France. Archived from the original on November 14, 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-09.

External links

Herry on the Quid website (in French)

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[1] "Val de Loire". Les réserves naturelles de France - les réserves. Réserves naturelles de France. Archived from the original on November 14, 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-09.