Lignières, Cher

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Lignières
Chateau
Chateau
Coat of arms of Lignières
Location of Lignières
Lignières is located in France
Lignières
Lignières
Coordinates: 46°45′07″N 2°10′34″E / 46.7519°N 2.1761°E / 46.7519; 2.1761Coordinates: 46°45′07″N 2°10′34″E / 46.7519°N 2.1761°E / 46.7519; 2.1761
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementSaint-Amand-Montrond
CantonChâteaumeillant
IntercommunalityArnon Boischaut Cher
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Hervé Monjoin
Area
1
21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
1,357
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Ligniérois, Ligniéroises
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18127 /18160
Elevation153–202 m (502–663 ft)
(avg. 178 m or 584 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography[]

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a village and two hamlets situated by the banks of the river Arnon, some 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D925, D940 and the D65 roads. The commune borders the department of Indre.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
20061,537—    
20071,530−0.5%
20081,518−0.8%
20091,509−0.6%
20101,485−1.6%
20111,454−2.1%
20121,423−2.1%
20131,411−0.8%
20141,398−0.9%
20151,378−1.4%
20161,367−0.8%
20171,355−0.9%

Politics[]

Presidential Elections Second Round:[2]

Election Winning Candidate Party %
2017 Emmanuel Macron EM 61.27
2012 François Hollande PS 56.94
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy UMP 51.14
2002 Jacques Chirac RPR 81.51

Sights[]

  • The , dating from the twelfth century.
  • The , originally a feudal castle, rebuilt in the seventeenth century.
  • The .
  • A manorhouse.
  • A watermill.
  • The sixteenth-century market hall.

Personalities[]

  • Singer Florent Marchet was born here on 21 June 1975.
  • Claimant to the Spanish throne, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, lives in the chateau.

International relations[]

Lignières is twinned with: Scotland Dunbar, in Scotland, UK.

See also[]

  • Communes of the Cher department

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017/


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