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

Lignières
Commune
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Lignières
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Coordinates: 46°45′07″N 2°10′34″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Châteaumeillant
Intercommunality	Arnon Boischaut Cher
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Monjoin
Area 1	21.88 km2 (8.45 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	1,358
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Ligniérois, Ligniéroises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18127 /18160
Elevation	153–202 m (502–663 ft) (avg. 178 m or 584 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, forestry and farming comprising a village and two hamlets situated by the banks of the river Arnon, some 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D925, D940 and the D65 roads. The commune borders the department of Indre.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,831	—
1975	1,887	+0.43%
1982	1,829	−0.44%
1990	1,650	−1.28%
1999	1,588	−0.42%
2007	1,530	−0.46%
2012	1,423	−1.44%
2017	1,355	−0.97%
Source: INSEE[2]

Sights

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The chateau, originally a feudal castle, rebuilt in the seventeenth century.
• The chateau du Plessis.
• A manorhouse.
• A watermill.
• The sixteenth-century market hall.

Personalities

• Singer Florent Marchet was born here on 21 June 1975.
• Claimant to the Spanish throne, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, lives in the chateau.

International relations

Lignières is twinned with: Dunbar, in Scotland, UK.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

На других языках

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[de] Lignières (Cher)

Lignières (früher: Lignières-en-Berry) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 1.358 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Cher in der Region Centre-Val de Loire; sie gehört zum Arrondissement Saint-Amand-Montrond und zum Kanton Châteaumeillant.

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- [en] Lignières, Cher

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[ru] Линьер (Шер)

Линье́р (фр. Lignières) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Центр. Департамент — Шер. Главный город кантона Линьер. Округ коммуны — Сент-Аман-Монтрон.

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