Subligny, Cher

Subligny
Commune

Coat of arms
Subligny
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region
Subligny
Coordinates: 47°24′16″N 2°45′19″E / 47.4044°N 2.7553°E / 47.4044; 2.7553Coordinates: 47°24′16″N 2°45′19″E / 47.4044°N 2.7553°E / 47.4044; 2.7553
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Sancerre
Intercommunality CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Serge Raimbault
Area1 17.26 km2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 355
 • Density 21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 18256 /18260
Elevation 217–336 m (712–1,102 ft)
(avg. 220 m or 720 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.

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

Geography

The commune occupys an area of forestry and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valley of the river Salereine, about 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D55 with the D57 and D152 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962344—    
1968405+17.7%
1975360−11.1%
1982348−3.3%
1990320−8.0%
1999303−5.3%
2008355+17.2%

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Pierre and two chapels, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The sixteenth-century château de La Boulaye.
  • An old tithe barn.
  • A seventeenth-century stone cross in the cemetery.

See also

References

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