Orcenais

Orcenais is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Orcenais
Commune
The church in Orcenais
Location of Orcenais
Orcenais
Orcenais
Coordinates: 46°43′10″N 2°25′35″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementSaint-Amand-Montrond
CantonSaint-Amand-Montrond
IntercommunalityCœur de France
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Christian Gomesse
Area
1
18.93 km2 (7.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
253
 • Density13/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18171 /18200
Elevation162–241 m (531–791 ft)
(avg. 172 m or 564 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bourges, near the junction of the D925 with the D112 road. The small river Vilaine forms most of the commune’s eastern border.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962281—    
1968312+11.0%
1975270−13.5%
1982233−13.7%
1990265+13.7%
1999288+8.7%
2008285−1.0%

Sights
  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A sixteenth-century manorhouse.
  • A fifteenth-century chapel.
  • The cemetery cross, bearing the date of 1488.
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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