Nohant-en-Goût

Nohant-en-Goût
Nohant-en-Goût
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Nohant-en-Goût
Coordinates: 47°06′00″N 2°34′16″E / 47.1°N 2.5711°ECoordinates: 47°06′00″N 2°34′16″E / 47.1°N 2.5711°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Baugy
Intercommunality	La Septaine
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Véronique Bréchard
Area^1	24.79 km^2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	552
• Density	22/km^2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18166 / 18390
Elevation	134–179 m (440–587 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 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.

Nohant-en-Goût is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of the river Tripande, some 8 miles (13 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the N151 with the N98 and the D186 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	240	—
1968	244	+1.7%
1975	277	+13.5%
1982	374	+35.0%
1990	372	−0.5%
1999	429	+15.3%
2008	552	+28.7%

Sights

• The church of St. Blaise and the war memorial.
• Vestiges of an old church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fifteenth-century chateau du Préau.
• Traces of an old castle at La Motte.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Old postcard photographs of the commune (French)
• Nohant-en-Goût on the Quid website (French)