Préveranges

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Préveranges
Préveranges
Coordinates: 46°26′00″N 2°15′20″E / 46.4333°N 2.2556°E / 46.4333; 2.2556Coordinates: 46°26′00″N 2°15′20″E / 46.4333°N 2.2556°E / 46.4333; 2.2556
Country France
Region Centre
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton Châteaumeillant
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacques Nicolas
Area
 • Land1 38.16 km2 (14.73 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 582
 • Population2 Density 15/km2 (40/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 18187 / 18370
Elevation 285–504 m (935–1,654 ft)
(avg. 471 m or 1,545 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.

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

Geography

A large farming area comprising the village and many hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Joyeuse, some 44 miles (71 km) south of Bourges, at the junction of the D10 with the D120 road. The commune is bordered to the south by the river Arnon. The commune borders both the departments of Allier and Creuse and is the highest point in the Cher department.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 929—    
1968 1,081+16.4%
1975 930−14.0%
1982 861−7.4%
1990 772−10.3%
1999 665−13.9%
2008 582−12.5%

Sights

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The fifteenth-century chateau at La Preugne.
  • The tower of a thirteenth-century castle in the woods.
  • A nineteenth-century house.
  • A watermill at Marcoh.

International relations

The commune is twinned with:

See also

References

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