Saulzais-le-Potier (French pronunciation: ​[solzɛ lə pɔtje]; Occitan: Sauçai) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Saulzais-le-Potier
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Saulzais-le-Potier
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Coordinates: 46°35′59″N 2°29′48″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Châteaumeillant
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Cardonel
Area 1	32.38 km2 (12.50 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	487
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18245 /18360
Elevation	189–251 m (620–823 ft) (avg. 227 m or 745 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, farming and forestry comprising a village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Loubiere, about 53 km (33 mi) south of Bourges, at the junction of the D64 with the D140 and D67 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the middle of the commune’s territory. Saulzais-le-Potier was the seat of the canton of Saulzais-le-Potier, until it was disbanded in 2015.

Population

Sights

• The church, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of Mazière.
• The chateau of Champmatouin.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of La Lande and its park.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saulzais-le-Potier.

• Annuaire Mairie website (in French)

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