Osmery

Osmery
Commune
The church of Saint-Julien, in Osmery
Osmery
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Osmery
Coordinates: 46°56′08″N 2°39′21″E / 46.9356°N 2.6558°E / 46.9356; 2.6558Coordinates: 46°56′08″N 2°39′21″E / 46.9356°N 2.6558°E / 46.9356; 2.6558
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) Patrick de Brunier
Area1 21.27 km2 (8.21 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 266
 • Density 13/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18173 /18130
Elevation 161–199 m (528–653 ft)
(avg. 169 m or 554 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Bourges, near the junction of the D10 with the D2076 and D166 roads. The village lies on the right bank of the Airain, which flows west-northwest through the southern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962435—    
1968419−3.7%
1975371−11.5%
1982309−16.7%
1990276−10.7%
1999254−8.0%
2008266+4.7%

Sights

  • The church of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century
  • The fifteenth-century chateau of Défens
  • A seventeenth-century chapel

See also

References

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