Chezal-Benoît

Chezal-Benoît
Chezal-Benoît
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Lignières
Intercommunality	Pays d’Issoudun
Mayor	René Chagnon (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	137–187 m (449–614 ft) (avg. 173 m/568 ft)
Land area1	46.46 km2 (17.94 sq mi)
Population2	866  (2008)
- Density	19 /km2 (49 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18065/ 18160
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.

Coordinates: 46°49′40″N 2°06′54″E / 46.8277777778°N 2.115°E / 46.8277777778; 2.115

Chezal-Benoît is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, farming and forestry comprising a village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valley of the small river Mouzet, some 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Bourges at the junction of the D18 with the D65 and the D115 roads. The commune shares its western border with the department of Indre.

Population

Historical population of Chezal-Benoît

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
1436	1526	1447	1315	1212	977	866

Places of interest

• The abbey church of St.Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
• A windmill.
• Other buildings from the Benedictine abbey.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Chezal-Benoît on the Quid website (French)