Le Châtelet

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Bernadette Perrot-Dubreuil^[1]Area32.8 km² (12.7 sq mi)Population929 • Density28/km² (73/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation186–276 m (610–906 ft)
(avg. 195 m or 640 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Châtelet (French pronunciation: [lə ʃatlɛ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising a small town and a few hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Portefeuille, some 29 miles (47 km) south of Bourges, at the junction of the D 951, D 3 and the D 65 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,219	—
1968	1,226	+0.6%
1975	1,265	+3.2%
1982	1,151	−9.0%
1990	278	−75.8%
1999	1,104	+297.1%
2008	1,140	+3.3%

Sights

• The abbey church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The seventeenth century manorhouse de La Charnaye.
• Trace remains of a 12th-century castle.
• A pottery museum at the hamlet of Archers.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

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