Lantan, Cher

Lantan
Commune
Lantan
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Lantan
Coordinates: 46°54′27″N 2°39′46″E / 46.9075°N 2.6628°E / 46.9075; 2.6628Coordinates: 46°54′27″N 2°39′46″E / 46.9075°N 2.6628°E / 46.9075; 2.6628
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton Dun-sur-Auron
Intercommunality CC Le Dunois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Hubert De Ganay
Area1 13.36 km2 (5.16 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 106
 • Density 7.9/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18121 /18130
Elevation 167–200 m (548–656 ft)
(avg. 195 m or 640 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D126 and the D2076 roads. The river Airain forms most of the commune’s northern and eastern boundaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962207—    
1968218+5.3%
1975183−16.1%
1982140−23.5%
199094−32.9%
1999107+13.8%
2006106−0.9%

Sights

  • The church of St. Paul, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The nineteenth-century chateau of Singleton.

See also

References

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