Orcenais

Orcenais
The church in Orcenais
Orcenais
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Orcenais
Coordinates: 46°43′10″N 2°25′35″E / 46.7194°N 2.4264°ECoordinates: 46°43′10″N 2°25′35″E / 46.7194°N 2.4264°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Intercommunality	Cœur de France
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Gomesse
Area^1	18.93 km^2 (7.31 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	285
• Density	15/km^2 (39/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18171 / 18200
Elevation	162–241 m (531–791 ft) (avg. 172 m or 564 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.

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

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bourges, near the junction of the D925 with the D112 road. The small river Vilaine forms most of the commune’s eastern border.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	281	—
1968	312	+11.0%
1975	270	−13.5%
1982	233	−13.7%
1990	265	+13.7%
1999	288	+8.7%
2008	285	−1.0%

Sights

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• A sixteenth-century manorhouse.
• A fifteenth-century chapel.
• The cemetery cross, bearing the date of 1488.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Annuaire Marie website (French)
• Orcenais on the Quid website (French)