Lunery

Lunery
The church of Saint-Albert, in Lunery The church of Saint-Albert, in Lunery
Lunery
Location within Centre region Lunery
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Chârost
Intercommunality	Fercher - Pays florentais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Foutiau
Area1	32.87 km2 (12.69 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,469
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18133 / 18400
Elevation	121–173 m (397–568 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 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.

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

Geography

A forestry and farming area comprising two villages and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Cher, some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D103, D88, D35 and the D27 roads. The commune is served by a TER railway link to Bourges.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,266	—
1968	2,329	+2.8%
1975	2,440	+4.8%
1982	2,021	−17.2%
1990	1,665	−17.6%
1999	1,487	−10.7%
2008	1,469	−1.2%

Sights

• The church of St. Privé, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The chateau at Champroy.
• The church of St. Albert at Rosières, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The fifteenth-century manorhouse de La Vergne.
• A watermill, in ruins.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Lunery on the Quid website (French)