Farges-en-Septaine (French pronunciation: ​[faʁʒ ɑ̃ sɛptɛn]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Farges-en-Septaine
Commune
Location of Farges-en-Septaine
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Coordinates: 47°04′27″N 2°39′02″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Avord
Intercommunality	La Septaine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Jaubert[1]
Area 1	24.48 km2 (9.45 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	999
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18092 /18800
Elevation	144–181 m (472–594 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.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets bordered by the banks of both the Villabon and Yèvre rivers, some 19 miles (31 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the D98, D66 and the D36 roads. Much of the infrastructure of Avord Air Base is contained within the southern part of the commune.

Population

Sights

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The seventeenth-century chateau of Bois-Bouzon.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Farges-en-Septaine.

• Old postcards of the Septaine district

На других языках

[ru] Фарж-ан-Сетен