Le Châtelet

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Le Châtelet

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise puy ferrand 03.jpg

|caption = The Church of Our Lady of Puy-Ferrand, in Le Châtelet

|image coat of arms = Blason Le Châtelet.svg

|arrondissement = Saint-Amand-Montrond

|canton = Châteaumeillant

|INSEE = 18059

|postal code = 18170

|mayor = Bernadette Perrot-Dubreuil{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|46.6425|2.2839|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 195

|elevation min m = 186

|elevation max m = 276

|area km2 = 32.8

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

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}}

Le Châtelet ({{IPA|fr|lə ʃatlɛ}}) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising a small town and a few hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Portefeuille, some {{convert|29|mi|km}} south of Bourges, at the junction of the D 951, D 3 and the D 65 roads.

Population

{{Historical populations

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|1962|1219

|1968|1226

|1975|1265

|1982|1151

|1990|278

|1999|1104

|2008|1140

}}

Sights

The abbey church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
The seventeenth century manorhouse de La Charnaye.
Trace remains of a 12th-century castle.
A pottery museum at the hamlet of Archers.

References

External links

[http://perso.orange.fr/le-chatelet-en-berry/ Le Châtelet - Website of the village] {{in lang|fr}}

Category:Communes of Cher (department)