Lormes

Lormes
Lormes
Commune
	The town hall in Lormes
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 47°17′27″N 3°49′06″E / 47.2908°N 3.8183°ECoordinates: 47°17′27″N 3°49′06″E / 47.2908°N 3.8183°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Château-Chinon (Ville)
Canton	Corbigny
Intercommunality	Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Christian Paul
Area 1	51.71 km2 (19.97 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	1,280
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	58145 /58140
Elevation	202–626 m (663–2,054 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lormes (French pronunciation: [lɔʁm]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.

The mystic Simon Ganneau (1805–1851) was born in Lormes, as was the writer Henri Bachelin (1879–1941), winner of the 1918 Prix Femina for Le Serviteur.

Demographics[]

At the 1999 census, the population was 1,398. On 1 January 2017, the estimate was 1,288.

References[]

INSEE commune file

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.