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| Coat of arms of the Cher department | |
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| Administration | |
| Department number: | 18 |
| Region: | Centre |
| Prefecture: | Bourges |
| Subprefectures: | Saint-Amand-Montrond Vierzon |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 35 |
| Communes: | 290 |
| President of the General Council: | Alain Rafesthain |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 70th |
| -1999 | 314,428 |
| Population density: | 43/km² |
| Land area¹: | 7235 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Cher (Occitan: Char) is an administrative department located in the centre of France. It is named after the Cher River.
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History
Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Berry.
Geography
The department is part of the current administrative region of Centre (Val de Loire). It is surrounded by the departments of Indre, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Nièvre, Allier, and Creuse.
Demographics
The inhabitants of the department are called Berrichons from the former province of Berry.
Tourism
The Bourges Cathedral of St. Étienne is a major tourist attraction.
See also
- Cantons of the Cher department
- Communes of the Cher department
- Arrondissements of the Cher department
External links
- (English) Cher Tourism Guide
- (French) General Council of Cher
- (French) Prefecture of Cher
- http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/bourges.html
- http://www.sitesatlas.com/Europe/France/Bourges.htm
- http://berrichou.free.fr/
