Chezal-Benoît

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Chezal-Benoît
The church in Chezal-Benoît
The church in Chezal-Benoît
Location of Chezal-Benoît
Chezal-Benoît is located in France
Chezal-Benoît
Chezal-Benoît
Coordinates: 46°49′40″N 2°06′54″E / 46.8278°N 2.115°E / 46.8278; 2.115Coordinates: 46°49′40″N 2°06′54″E / 46.8278°N 2.115°E / 46.8278; 2.115
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementSaint-Amand-Montrond
CantonChâteaumeillant
IntercommunalityPays d'Issoudun
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Roger Lebrero
Area
1
46.46 km2 (17.94 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
827
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18065 /18160
Elevation137–187 m (449–614 ft)
(avg. 173 m or 568 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chezal-Benoît (French pronunciation: ​[ʃəzal bənwa]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography[]

An area of lakes and streams, farming and forestry comprising a village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valley of the small river Mouzet, some 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Bourges at the junction of the D18 with the D65 and the D115 roads. The commune shares its western border with the department of Indre.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,436—    
19681,526+6.3%
19751,447−5.2%
19821,315−9.1%
19901,212−7.8%
1999977−19.4%
2008866−11.4%

Sights[]

  • The abbey church of St.Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A windmill.
  • Other buildings from the Benedictine abbey.

See also[]

  • Communes of the Cher department

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.


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