Lantan, Cher

Lantan
Lantan
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Lantan
Coordinates: 46°54′27″N 2°39′46″E / 46.9075°N 2.6628°ECoordinates: 46°54′27″N 2°39′46″E / 46.9075°N 2.6628°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Dun-sur-Auron
Intercommunality	Le Dunois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Hubert De Ganay
Area^1	13.36 km^2 (5.16 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	106
• Density	7.9/km^2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18121 / 18130
Elevation	167–200 m (548–656 ft) (avg. 195 m or 640 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.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a small village and a couple of hamlets situated some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D126 and the D2076 roads. The river Airain forms most of the commune’s northern and eastern boundaries.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	207	—
1968	218	+5.3%
1975	183	−16.1%
1982	140	−23.5%
1990	94	−32.9%
1999	107	+13.8%
2006	106	−0.9%

Sights

• The church of St. Paul, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau of Singleton.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Lantan on the Quid website (French)