Villegenon

Villegenon
Villegenon
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Villegenon
Coordinates: 47°25′35″N 2°36′24″E / 47.4264°N 2.6067°ECoordinates: 47°25′35″N 2°36′24″E / 47.4264°N 2.6067°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality	Cœur du Pays Fort
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Rabineau
Area^1	32.93 km^2 (12.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	229
• Density	7.0/km^2 (18/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18284 / 18260
Elevation	194–359 m (636–1,178 ft) (avg. 297 m or 974 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.

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

Geography

An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated about 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D11, D7, D89 and the D926 roads. The commune is bounded by the banks of the small Ionne river to the north and the Sauldre to the east.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	333	—
1968	403	+21.0%
1975	327	−18.9%
1982	271	−17.1%
1990	260	−4.1%
1999	245	−5.8%
2008	229	−6.5%

Sights

• The church of St. Georges.
• The fifteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Villegenon on the Quid website (French)