Jalognes

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Jalognes
Jalognes (France)
Jalognes
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Sancerre
Community association Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Coordinates 47 ° 14 '  N , 2 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 14 '  N , 2 ° 47'  E
height 172-239 m
surface 28.09 km 2
Residents 292 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 10 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 18300
INSEE code 18116

Jalognes is a French municipality with 292 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement Bourges and the municipality association Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire .

geography

The municipality of Jalognes is located about 40 kilometers northeast of Bourges in flat terrain south of the hill country of Collines du Sancerrois . The Benelle , a tributary of the Vauvise, has its source in the municipality . Jalognes borders Veaugues in the north, Gardefort in the Northeast, Feux in the east, Groises the southeast, Azy in the southwest and Montigny in the West.

Jalognes consists of the following villages and hamlets:

  • L'Alouette
  • Benelle
  • Chiron
  • Les Pascauds
  • Vinairy
  • Montpiton
  • Lazy
  • Pesselières
  • Les Petites Fontaines
  • Le Foulon
  • Les Margots
  • Les Hauts Boulets
  • Chanteraine
  • La Caillotte
  • Les Collins

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 458 423 72 92 97 107 123 285

Attractions

Château de Pesselières
  • Château de Pesselières: Castle complex in the south of the municipality from the 14th century. After the French Revolution, the drawbridge was replaced by a stone bridge; the moats are meadows today. The Södost wing and the gardens have been in a neo-Gothic style since the reconstruction in 1881. The complex is protected as a monument historique .
  • Sainte-Madeleine church
  • Lavoir at the Benelle spring in the center of Jalognes village

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 874-877.

supporting documents

  1. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved January 19, 2015 (French).

Web links

Commons : Jalognes  - collection of images, videos and audio files