Sainte-Solange
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region | Center-Val de Loire | |
Department | Cher | |
Arrondissement | Bourges | |
Canton | Saint-Germain-du-Puy | |
Community association | Terres du Haut Berry | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 8 ' N , 2 ° 33' E | |
height | 142-179 m | |
surface | 31.85 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,135 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 36 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 18220 | |
INSEE code | 18235 |
Sainte-Solange is a French commune with 1,135 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . Sainte-Solange belongs to the Arrondissement of Bourges and the canton of Saint-Germain-du-Puy (until 2015: canton of Les Aix-d'Angillon ).
geography
Sainte-Solange is located about ten kilometers east-northeast of Bourges in the Champagne Berrichonne . The municipality is crossed by the Colin and Ouatier rivers . Sainte-Solange is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Les Aix-d'Angillon in the north, Rians in the northeast, Brécy in the east, Nohant-en-Goût in the south and southeast, Moulins-sur-Yèvre in the south, and Saint-Germain-du-Puy in the southwest, Saint-Michel-de-Volangis in the west and Soulangis in the northwest.
Population development
year | 1793 | 1841 | 1891 | 1896 | 1911 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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Residents | 1,074 | 894 | 941 | 872 | 885 | 760 | 668 | 594 | 846 | 1,089 | 1,257 | 1,304 | 1,218 | 1,178 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Sainte-Solange church from the 12th century, restored around 1600, monument historique since 1913
- Chapel of Sainte-Solange
- Wash house
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 62-65.