La Chapelle-Hugon

La Chapelle-Hugon
La Chapelle-Hugon
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  La Chapelle-Hugon
Coordinates: 46°54′28″N 2°56′56″E / 46.9078°N 2.9489°ECoordinates: 46°54′28″N 2°56′56″E / 46.9078°N 2.9489°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Yves Giot
Area^1	16.16 km^2 (6.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	384
• Density	24/km^2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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 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

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Website of La Chapelle-Hugon (French)
• La Chapelle-Hugon on the Quid website (French)