Dampierre-en-Crot

Dampierre-en-Crot
Dampierre-en-Crot
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality	Cœur du Pays Fort
Mayor	Jacques Chatonnat (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	186–321 m (610–1,053 ft) (avg. 250 m/820 ft)
Land area1	22.05 km2 (8.51 sq mi)
Population2	219  (2008)
- Density	10 /km2 (26 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18084/ 18260
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: 47°27′41″N 2°35′01″E / 47.4613888889°N 2.58361111111°E / 47.4613888889; 2.58361111111

Dampierre-en-Crot is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A small farming village situated by the banks of the Ionne river, some 28 miles (45 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D923 with the D95 roads.

Population

Historical population of Dampierre-en-Crot

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
274	312	262	239	266	239	219

Places of interest

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The restored late seventeenth century auberge.
• Two old watermills.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Dampierre-en-Crot on the Quid website
• Dampierre-en-Crot on the IGN website
• Old inn website : cooking tips, anecdotes, old pictures and restoration stories
• Special page on the 17th c. Old inn

(French)