Blancafort

Blancafort
The Sauldre canal in Blancafort
Coat of arms
Blancafort
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Blancafort
Coordinates: 47°32′00″N 2°31′53″E / 47.5333°N 2.5314°ECoordinates: 47°32′00″N 2°31′53″E / 47.5333°N 2.5314°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Argent-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality	Sauldre et Sologne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	M. Margerin
Area^1	64.35 km^2 (24.85 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,131
• Density	18/km^2 (46/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18030 / 18410
Elevation	162–261 m (531–856 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 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.

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

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some 33 miles (53 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D8, D30 and the D39 roads. The commune has a border with the department of Loiret. A canal was built here in the nineteenth century to ease drainage and provide transport links. The canal de Sauldre was last used commercially in the 1920s.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,725	—
1968	1,735	+0.6%
1975	1,669	−3.8%
1982	972	−41.8%
1990	1,007	+3.6%
1999	936	−7.1%
2008	1,131	+20.8%

Sights

Museum of witchcraft

• The church of St.Andre, dating from the eleventh century.
• The twelfth-century chapel.
• The fifteenth-century chateau of Blancafort.
• The twelfth-century chateau de l'Hospital-du-Fresne.
• A museum of witchcraft.
• A public washhouse.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Website of the château de Blancafort
• Museum of witchcraft
• Blancafort on the Quid website (French)