Lignières, Cher
Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lignières (French pronunciation: [liɲjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Lignières | |
|---|---|
 Church of Notre-Dame | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Lignières  | |
  Lignières  Lignières | |
| Coordinates: 46°45′07″N 2°10′34″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Cher |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Amand-Montrond |
| Canton | Châteaumeillant |
| Intercommunality | Arnon Boischaut Cher |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Monjoin[1] |
Area 1 | 21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,341 |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Ligniérois, Ligniéroises |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 18127 /18160 |
| Elevation | 153–202 m (502–663 ft) (avg. 178 m or 584 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a village and two hamlets situated by the banks of the river Arnon, some 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D925, D940 and the D65 roads. The commune borders the department of Indre.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,831 | — |
| 1975 | 1,887 | +0.43% |
| 1982 | 1,829 | −0.44% |
| 1990 | 1,650 | −1.28% |
| 1999 | 1,588 | −0.42% |
| 2007 | 1,530 | −0.46% |
| 2012 | 1,423 | −1.44% |
| 2017 | 1,355 | −0.97% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century
- The chateau du Plessis
- A manorhouse
- A watermill
- The sixteenth-century market hall
- Town hall
- The chateau, originally a feudal castle, rebuilt in the seventeenth century.
Town Hall
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- Singer Florent Marchet was born here on 21 June 1975.
- Claimant to the Spanish throne, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, lives in the chateau.
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