Nérondes

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Thierry Ferrand^[1]Area34 km² (13 sq mi)Population1,430 • Density42/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation176–252 m (577–827 ft)
(avg. 189 m or 620 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nérondes (French pronunciation: [neʁɔ̃d]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The philologist Antoine Cabaton (1863–1942) was born in Nérondes.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D976 with the D6, D26 and D43 roads. The rivers Vauvise and Airain have their sources in the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,111	—
1968	1,306	+17.6%
1975	1,305	−0.1%
1982	1,343	+2.9%
1990	1,521	+13.3%
1999	1,618	+6.4%
2008	1,486	−8.2%

Sights

• The church of St. Etienne, dating from the twelfth century.
• A sixteenth-century washhouse.
• The thirteenth-century chateau of Verrières.
• Some Gallo-Roman remains.
• A feudal motte.

See also

• Mornay-Berri
• Communes of the Cher department

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