Chezal-Benoît
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Cher | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Amand-Montrond | |
| Canton | Châteaumeillant | |
| Community association | Berry Grand Sud | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 50 ′ N , 2 ° 7 ′ E | |
| height | 137-190 m | |
| surface | 46.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 829 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 18160 | |
| INSEE code | 18065 | |
Chezal-Benoît is a French municipality with 829 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond and the canton of Châteaumeillant (until 2015: canton of Lignières ). The inhabitants are called Casalais .
geography
Chezal-Benoît is about 35 kilometers southwest of Bourges . Chezal-Benoît is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ségry in the north, Mareuil-sur-Arnon in the east and northeast, Saint-Baudel and Villecelin in the east, La Celle-Condé in the southeast, Saint-Hilaire-en-Lignières in the south, and Pruniers in the south and west and Saint-Aubin to the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
| Residents | 1,436 | 1,526 | 1,447 | 1,315 | 1,212 | 977 | 859 | 930 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre monastery and church from 1093, monument historique since 1908/1937/1994
- Windmill
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 631-635.
Web links
Commons : Chezal-Benoît - collection of images, videos and audio files
