Nozières, Cher

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Franck Daumin^[1]Area10.35 km² (4.00 sq mi)Population227 • Density22/km² (57/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation144–224 m (472–735 ft)
(avg. 225 m or 738 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nozières (French pronunciation: [nozjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising a village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Cher, some 24 miles (39 km) south of Bourges, at the junction of the D142 with the D925 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the centre of the commune’s territory.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	180	—
1968	189	+5.0%
1975	151	−20.1%
1982	154	+2.0%
1990	228	+48.1%
1999	231	+1.3%
2008	230	−0.4%

Sights

• The church of St. Paxent, dating from the eleventh century.
• A sixteenth-century manorhouse.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

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