Bannay, Cher

Bannay
Railway bridge
Coat of arms
Bannay
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Bannay
Coordinates: 47°23′12″N 2°52′52″E / 47.3867°N 2.8811°ECoordinates: 47°23′12″N 2°52′52″E / 47.3867°N 2.8811°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Paye
Area^1	25.03 km^2 (9.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	771
• Density	31/km^2 (80/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18020 / 18300
Elevation	139–260 m (456–853 ft) (avg. 148 m or 486 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.

Bannay 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 river Loire, some 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D86 with the D955 road.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	655	—
1968	673	+2.7%
1975	737	+9.5%
1982	785	+6.5%
1990	766	−2.4%
1999	771	+0.7%
2008	771	+0.0%

Places of interest

• The church of St.Julien, dating from the fifteenth century.
• Vestiges of a Roman bathhouse.
• Three watermills, at Deza, Granger and Fricambaut.
• An eighteenth-century château, with a park designed by Le Nôtre.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Website about Bannay (French)
• Bannay on the Quid website (French)