La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Pierre Ducastel^[1]Area52.7 km² (20.3 sq mi)Population3,162 • Density60/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation175–222 m (574–728 ft)
(avg. 181 m or 594 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (French pronunciation: [la ɡɛʁʃ syʁ lobwa]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Aubois and the canal de Berry, some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D920 and the D975 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,717	—
1975	3,682	−0.14%
1982	3,326	−1.44%
1990	3,219	−0.41%
1999	3,397	+0.60%
2007	3,410	+0.05%
2012	3,325	−0.50%
2017	3,274	−0.31%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights

• Vestiges of Gallo-Roman occupation.
• Two watermills, at Faguin and l'Oie.
• The church of St. Etienne, dating from the twelfth century.
• An old ironworks.
• The fifteenth-century manorhouse at Chezelles.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department
• Decauville railway of La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois

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