Cher (department)
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| Cher | |
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| Coat of arms of the Cher department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 18 |
| Region: | Centre |
| Prefecture: | Bourges |
| Subprefectures: | Saint-Amand-Montrond Vierzon |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 35 |
| Communes: | 290 |
| President of the General Council: | Alain Rafesthain PS |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 70th |
| -1999 | 314,428 |
| Population density: | 43/km² |
| Land area¹: | 7235 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Cher (Occitan: Char) is an administrative department located in the centre of France. It is named after the Cher River.
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[edit] History
Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Berry.
[edit] Geography
The department is part of the current administrative region of Centre (Val de Loire). It is surrounded by the departments of Indre, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Nièvre, Allier, and Creuse.
[edit] Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called Berrichons from the former province of Berry.
[edit] Tourism
The Bourges Cathedral of St. Étienne is a major tourist attraction.
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Cher department
- Communes of the Cher department
- Arrondissements of the Cher department
[edit] External links
- (French) General Council of Cher
- (French) Prefecture of Cher
- (English) Cher at the Open Directory Project
- http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/bourges.html
- http://www.sitesatlas.com/Europe/France/Bourges.htm
- http://berrichou.free.fr/
