Concressault

Concressault
Concressault
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality	Cœur du Pays Fort
Mayor	Anne-Marie Legras (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	175–272 m (574–892 ft) (avg. 183 m/600 ft)
Land area1	7.45 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Population2	227  (2008)
- Density	30 /km2 (78 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18070/ 18260
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.

Coordinates: 47°29′24″N 2°34′37″E / 47.49°N 2.57694444444°E / 47.49; 2.57694444444

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

Geography

A small farming village situated by the banks of the Sauldre river, some 27 miles (43 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D8 with the D11 and D21 roads.

Population

Historical population of Concressault

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
224	261	232	216	236	214	227

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The ruins of a fourteenth century castle, destroyed by the English during the Hundred Years War.
• Two old watermills and ancient barns at the Domaine du Moulin au Riche.
• A museum, the Musée de la Sorcellerie.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Photos of the castle ruins
• Concressault on the Quid website (French)