Nérondes

Nérondes
Commune
Railway station
Coat of arms
Nérondes Location within Centre-Val de Loire region Nérondes
Coordinates: 46°59′54″N 2°49′13″E / 46.9983°N 2.8203°E / 46.9983; 2.8203Coordinates: 46°59′54″N 2°49′13″E / 46.9983°N 2.8203°E / 46.9983; 2.8203
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Intercommunality	Pays de Nérondes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Laroche
Area1	34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,486
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18160 /18350
Elevation	176–252 m (577–827 ft) (avg. 189 m or 620 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.

Nérondes is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The philologist Antoine Cabaton (1863–1942) was born in Nérondes.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D976 with the D6, D26 and D43 roads. The rivers Vauvise and Airain have their sources in the commune.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Etienne, dating from the twelfth century.
• A sixteenth-century washhouse.
• The thirteenth-century chateau of Verrières.
• Some Gallo-Roman remains.
• A feudal motte.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nérondes.

• INSEE
• Official website of the commune (in French)
• Annuaire Marie website (in French)
• Nérondes on the Quid website (in French)