La Chapelle-Hugon

La Chapelle-Hugon
Commune
La Chapelle-Hugon
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  La Chapelle-Hugon
Coordinates: 46°54′28″N 2°56′56″E / 46.9078°N 2.9489°E / 46.9078; 2.9489Coordinates: 46°54′28″N 2°56′56″E / 46.9078°N 2.9489°E / 46.9078; 2.9489
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Yves Giot
Area1	16.16 km2 (6.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	384
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18048 /18150
Elevation	180–225 m (591–738 ft) (avg. 191 m or 627 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.

La Chapelle-Hugon 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 canal de Berry and the river Aubois, some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Bourges at the junction of the D100 and the D920 roads.

Population

Sights

• The church of Saintes Etienne and Martin, dating from the twelfth century
• A watermill
• The seventeenth-century chateau des Bordes.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Chapelle-Hugon.

• Website of La Chapelle-Hugon (in French)
• La Chapelle-Hugon on the Quid website (in French)