Faverdines

Faverdines
Commune
Location of Faverdines
Map
Faverdines is located in France
Faverdines
Faverdines
Faverdines is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Faverdines
Faverdines
Coordinates: 46°38′22″N 2°28′37″E / 46.6394°N 2.4769°E / 46.6394; 2.4769
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementSaint-Amand-Montrond
CantonChâteaumeillant
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Marie Morier[1]
Area
1
18.51 km2 (7.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
136
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18093 /18360
Elevation172–239 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
YearPop.±%
1962187—    
1968203+8.6%
1975147−27.6%
1982147+0.0%
1990139−5.4%
1999136−2.2%
2006137+0.7%

Sights

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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