Subligny, Cher

Subligny
Coat of arms
Subligny
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Subligny
Coordinates: 47°24′16″N 2°45′19″E / 47.4044°N 2.7553°ECoordinates: 47°24′16″N 2°45′19″E / 47.4044°N 2.7553°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality	Cœur du Pays Fort
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Serge Raimbault
Area^1	17.26 km^2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	355
• Density	21/km^2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18256 / 18260
Elevation	217–336 m (712–1,102 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 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.

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

Geography

The commune occupys an area of forestry and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valley of the river Salereine, about 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D55 with the D57 and D152 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	344	—
1968	405	+17.7%
1975	360	−11.1%
1982	348	−3.3%
1990	320	−8.0%
1999	303	−5.3%
2008	355	+17.2%

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre and two chapels, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The sixteenth-century château de La Boulaye.
• An old tithe barn.
• A seventeenth-century stone cross in the cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Subligny on the Quid website (French)