Orcenais (French pronunciation: ​[ɔʁsənɛ]) 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 Show map of France Orcenais Show map of Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 46°43′10″N 2°25′35″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Intercommunality	Cœur de France
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yann Cadier
Area 1	18.93 km2 (7.31 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	252
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18171 /18200
Elevation	162–241 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

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.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orcenais.

• Annuaire Mairie website (in French)

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