Le Châtelet
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Cher | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Amand-Montrond | |
| Canton | Châteaumeillant | |
| Community association | Berry Grand Sud | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 39 ′ N , 2 ° 17 ′ E | |
| height | 186-276 m | |
| surface | 32.8 km 2 | |
| Residents | 994 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 18170 | |
| INSEE code | 18059 | |
Le Châtelet is a French municipality with 994 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 Le Châtelet ). The inhabitants are called Castellois .
geography
Le Châtelet is about 50 kilometers south of Bourges on the Portefeuille River . Le Châtelet is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Pierre-les-Bois in the north, Ardenais in the east, Reigny in the south-east, Saint-Maur in the south, Saint-Jeanvrin in the south-west, Beddes in the west and south-west and Maisonnais in the west and north-west.
Le Châtelet is located on Via Lemovicensis , one of the four historic " Routes of the St. James pilgrims in France ".
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1233 | 1226 | 1265 | 1151 | 1106 | 1104 | 1131 | 1031 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame church in Puy-Ferrand, old monastery church, in the 11th / 12th centuries. It was built in the 18th century and has been a monument historique since 1911
- Saint-Martial Church, built between 1887 and 1889
- Puy-Ferrand monastery from the 11th century, partially burnt down in 1569, rebuilt in the 17th century, monument historique since 1911
- Remains of the old fortress from the 16th century
- Manor of La Charnaye
- Pottery Museum
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 388-394.
