Faverdines

Faverdines
Faverdines
Location within Centre region Faverdines
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Saulzais-le-Potier
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Morier
Area1	18.51 km2 (7.15 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	137
• Density	7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18093 / 18360
Elevation	172–239 m (564–784 ft) (avg. 187 m or 614 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Faverdines is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Loubière, some 26 miles (42 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D140 and the D1 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the eastern part of the commune’s territory.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	187	—
1968	203	+8.6%
1975	147	−27.6%
1982	147	+0.0%
1990	139	−5.4%
1999	136	−2.2%
2006	137	+0.7%

Sights

• The fourteenth-century church of St. Aignan.
• The vestiges of a fortified feudal manorhouse at Chaudenay.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Faverdines on the Quid website (French)