Nohant-en-Goût

Nohant-en-Goût
Commune
Nohant-en-Goût
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Nohant-en-Goût
Coordinates: 47°06′00″N 2°34′16″E / 47.1°N 2.5711°E / 47.1; 2.5711Coordinates: 47°06′00″N 2°34′16″E / 47.1°N 2.5711°E / 47.1; 2.5711
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Avord
Intercommunality La Septaine
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Véronique Bréchard
Area1 24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 552
 • Density 22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18166 /18390
Elevation 134–179 m (440–587 ft)
(avg. 166 m or 545 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.

Nohant-en-Goût 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 river Tripande, some 8 miles (13 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the N151 with the N98 and the D186 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962240—    
1968244+1.7%
1975277+13.5%
1982374+35.0%
1990372−0.5%
1999429+15.3%
2008552+28.7%

Sights

  • The church of St. Blaise and the war memorial.
  • Vestiges of an old church, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The fifteenth-century chateau du Préau.
  • Traces of an old castle at La Motte.

See also

References

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