Colombiers, Cher

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Daniel Bone^[1]Area9.51 km² (3.67 sq mi)Population412 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation153–210 m (502–689 ft)
(avg. 170 m or 560 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Colombiers (French pronunciation: [kɔlɔ̃bje] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A village of farming and forestry situated in the Cher valley some 31 miles (50 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D101 with the D2144 and the D141 roads.

The Point of Inaccessibility for France (furthest point from any border) lies in Colombiers at 46° 41.925’ N, 2° 32.457’ W.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	255	—
1968	258	+1.2%
1975	227	−12.0%
1982	260	+14.5%
1990	320	+23.1%
1999	356	+11.3%
2008	397	+11.5%

Sights

• The thirteenth-century church of St. Martin.
• The fifteenth-century castle, the chateau of La Salle
• A watermill, le moulin du Bas.
• A seventeenth-century stone cross.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References