La Chapelle-Hugon

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La Chapelle-Hugon
Commune
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Yves Giot[1]
Area1 16.16 km2 (6.24 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2 Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.
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

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1962 309 —    
1968 366 +18.4%
1975 305 −16.7%
1982 327 +7.2%
1990 364 +11.3%
1999 376 +3.3%
2008 384 +2.1%

Sights

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

See also

References

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