La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois

La Guerche-sur-l’Aubois is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

La Guerche-sur-l’Aubois
Commune
Railway station
Coat of arms
Location of La Guerche-sur-l’Aubois
La Guerche-sur-l’Aubois La Guerche-sur-l’Aubois
Coordinates: 46°57′07″N 2°56′54″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Intercommunality	Portes du Berry
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Ducastel
Area ^1	52.7 km^2 (20.3 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,274
• Density	62/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18108 /18150
Elevation	175–222 m (574–728 ft) (avg. 181 m or 594 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Aubois and the canal de Berry, some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D920 and the D975 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,453	—
1968	3,717	+7.6%
1975	3,682	−0.9%
1982	3,326	−9.7%
1990	3,219	−3.2%
1999	3,397	+5.5%
2008	3,403	+0.2%

Sights

• Vestiges of Gallo-Roman occupation.
• Two watermills, at Faguin and l'Oie.
• The church of St. Etienne, dating from the twelfth century.
• An old ironworks.
• The fifteenth-century manorhouse at Chezelles.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Official commune website (in French)
• La Guerche on the ‘Stations vertes’ website (in French)