Blet

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Blet
Blet
Coordinates: 46°53′46″N 2°43′56″E / 46.8961°N 2.7322°E / 46.8961; 2.7322Coordinates: 46°53′46″N 2°43′56″E / 46.8961°N 2.7322°E / 46.8961; 2.7322
Country France
Region Centre
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton Nérondes
Intercommunality Pays de Nérondes
Government
 • Mayor (2009–2014) André Girard
Area
 • Land1 30.08 km2 (11.61 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 647
 • Population2 Density 22/km2 (56/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 18031 / 18350
Elevation 170–256 m (558–840 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Blet is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bourges at the junction of the N76 with the D91 and the D6 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 820—    
1968 730−11.0%
1975 749+2.6%
1982 713−4.8%
1990 689−3.4%
1999 617−10.4%
2008 647+4.9%

Sights

  • The church of St.Germain, dating from the twelfth century.
  • An early nineteenth-century market hall.
  • Traces of a Roman aqueduct.
  • The fifteenth-century château and park.

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