Cher department

Cher
region	Center-Val de Loire
prefecture	Bourges
Sub-prefecture (s)	Saint-Amand-Montrond Vierzon
Residents	304,256 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	42 inhabitants per km²
surface	7,234.95 km²
Arrondissements	3
Community associations	19th
Cantons	19th
Communities	287
President of the Department Council	Michel Autissier
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-18
Location of the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire

The Cher  [ ʃɛːʀ ] is the French department of 18 with the ordinal number It is located in the center of the country in the Region Center-Val de Loire and is named after the river Cher named.

geography

The Cher department borders on the Indre and Loir-et-Cher departments in the west, the Loiret department in the north, the Nièvre department in the east, the Allier department in the south-east and the Creuse department in the extreme south .

While the Loire forms the eastern border to the Nièvre department, the eponymous Cher flows through the west of the department in a northerly direction.

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 mainly from the eastern part of the Berry province and the northeast of the Bourbonnais .

It has belonged to the Center region since 1960 , which was renamed Center-Val de Loire in 2016 .

coat of arms

The blazon for the coat of arms of the Cher department reads in French:

d'azur semé de fleurs de lys d'or, à la bordure engrêlée cousue de gueules, à la fasce ondée d'argent brochant sur le tout (blue, studded with golden lilies, with a red, curved hem, over everything a silver wave bar .)

This coat of arms is originally the coat of arms of John of France , Duke of Berry since 1360, third son of John the Good .

The overlaid wave bar represents the river Cher .

The original design for today's coat of arms including its blazon was created by Robert Louis in the 1950s.

Cities

The most populous communes of the Cher department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Bourges	64,551	Bourges
Vierzon	25.903	Vierzon
Saint-Amand-Montrond	9,437	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Saint-Doulchard	9,505	Bourges
Saint-Florent-sur-Cher	6,537	Bourges
Mehun-sur-Yèvre	6,562	Vierzon
Aubigny-sur-Nère	5,488	Vierzon
Saint-Germain-du-Puy	5,085	Bourges

Administrative division

The Cher département is divided into three arrondissements , 19 cantons and 287 communes :

Communes and arrondissements in the Cher department

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Bourges	11	128	171,849	2,783.87	62	181
Saint-Amand-Montrond	5	116	62,977	2,683.72	23	182
Vierzon	5	43	69,430	1,767.36	39	183
Cher department	19th	287	304.256	7,234.95	42	18th

See also:

• List of communes in the Cher department
• List of cantons in the Cher department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Cher department

Web links

Commons : Département Cher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cher (French)
• Prefecture of the Cher department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cg18.fr, accessed on May 3, 2015

Coordinates: 47 ° 5 '  N , 2 ° 27'  E