Graçay

Graçay
Town hall
Coat of arms
Graçay
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Graçay
Coordinates: 47°08′37″N 1°50′51″E / 47.1436°N 1.8475°ECoordinates: 47°08′37″N 1°50′51″E / 47.1436°N 1.8475°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Graçay
Intercommunality	Vallées vertes du Cher Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Charles
Area^1	31.82 km^2 (12.29 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,557
• Density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18103 / 18310
Elevation	97–164 m (318–538 ft) (avg. 111 m or 364 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.

Graçay is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

It is a farming area comprising the small town and several hamlets, on the right bank of the Fouzon river, situated some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Vierzon at the junction of the D68, D19, D83 and D922 roads. Junction 9 of the A20 autoroute lies within the territory of the commune

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,889	—
1968	2,043	+8.2%
1975	2,019	−1.2%
1982	1,844	−8.7%
1990	1,559	−15.5%
1999	1,562	+0.2%
2008	1,557	−0.3%

Sights

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A dolmen known as the “Pierre Levée" or "Grosse Pierre" .
• Remains of medieval ramparts.
• The sixteenth-century chateau of Coulon.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official town website (French)
• Graçay on the Quid website (French)