Lignières, Cher

Lignières
Chateau
Coat of arms
Lignières
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Lignières
Coordinates: 46°45′07″N 2°10′34″E / 46.7519°N 2.1761°ECoordinates: 46°45′07″N 2°10′34″E / 46.7519°N 2.1761°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Lignières
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Elizabeth Barbier
Area^1	21.88 km^2 (8.45 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,518
• Density	69/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18127 / 18160
Elevation	153–202 m (502–663 ft) (avg. 178 m or 584 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.

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

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a village and two hamlets situated by the banks of the river Arnon, some 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D925, D940 and the D65 roads. The commune borders the department of Indre.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,814	—
1968	1,831	+0.9%
1975	1,887	+3.1%
1982	1,829	−3.1%
1990	1,650	−9.8%
1999	1,588	−3.8%
2008	1,518	−4.4%

Sights

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The chateau, originally a feudal castle, rebuilt in the seventeenth century.
• The chateau du Plessis.
• A manorhouse.
• A watermill.
• The sixteenth-century market hall.

Personalities

• Singer Florent Marchet was born here on 21 June 1975.
• Claimant to the Spanish throne, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, lives in the chateau.

International relations

Lignières is twinned with: Dunbar, in Scotland, UK.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Lignières on the Quid website (French)