Faverdines

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Marie Morier^[1]Area18.51 km² (7.15 sq mi)Population136 • Density7.3/km² (19/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation172–239 m (564–784 ft)
(avg. 187 m or 614 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Loubière, some 26 miles (42 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D140 and the D1 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the eastern part of the commune's territory.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	187	—
1968	203	+8.6%
1975	147	−27.6%
1982	147	+0.0%
1990	139	−5.4%
1999	136	−2.2%
2006	137	+0.7%

Sights

• The fourteenth-century church of St. Aignan.
• The vestiges of a fortified feudal manorhouse at Chaudenay.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References