Torteron

Torteron
Commune
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Coordinates: 47°01′24″N 2°58′01″E / 47.0233°N 2.9669°E / 47.0233; 2.9669Coordinates: 47°01′24″N 2°58′01″E / 47.0233°N 2.9669°E / 47.0233; 2.9669
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Serge Mechin
Area 1	13.53 km2 (5.22 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	794
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18265 /244713
Elevation	167–208 m (548–682 ft) (avg. 210 m or 690 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography[]

An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated on the banks of both the canal de Berry and the river Aubois, about 21 miles (34 km) east of Bourges at the junction of the D50 with the D26 road.

Population[]

Sights[]

• The church of St. Pierre and St. Paul, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Some Roman remains.
• The fifteenth-century manorhouse at Milly.
• The seventeenth-century manorhouse at Bertin.

See also[]

• Communes of the Cher department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Torteron.

• Annuaire Mairie website (in French)