Dampierre-en-Crot

Dampierre-en-Crot
Commune
The church in Dampierre-en-Crôt
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Coordinates: 47°27′41″N 2°35′01″E / 47.4614°N 2.5836°E / 47.4614; 2.5836Coordinates: 47°27′41″N 2°35′01″E / 47.4614°N 2.5836°E / 47.4614; 2.5836
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Chatonnat
Area 1	22.05 km2 (8.51 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	203
• Density	9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18084 /18260
Elevation	186–321 m (610–1,053 ft) (avg. 250 m or 820 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography[]

A small farming village situated by the banks of the Ionne river, some 28 miles (45 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D923 and D95 roads.

Population[]

Sights[]

• The church, dating from the 12th century.
• The restored late 17th-century auberge.
• Two old watermills.

See also[]

• Communes of the Cher department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dampierre-en-Crot.

• Dampierre-en-Crot on the IGN website^{[permanent dead link]}
• Old inn website: cooking tips, anecdotes, old pictures and restoration stories
• The 17th-century Old Inn (in French)