Lignières, Cher

Lignières (French pronunciation: [liɲjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Lignières
Commune
Church of Notre-Dame
Coat of arms
Location of Lignières
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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  (2022)[2]	1,325
• 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.

Geography

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.

Population

Historical population

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]

Sights

• 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
• 
  Château de Lignières

Personalities

• 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.

International relations

Lignières is twinned with: Dunbar, in Scotland, UK.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department