Orcenais

Orcenais
Orcenais
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Intercommunality	Cœur de France
Mayor	Christian Gomesse (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	162–241 m (531–791 ft) (avg. 172 m/564 ft)
Land area1	18.93 km2 (7.31 sq mi)
Population2	285  (2008)
- Density	15 /km2 (39 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18171/ 18200
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: 46°43′10″N 2°25′35″E / 46.7194444444°N 2.42638888889°E / 46.7194444444; 2.42638888889

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 of Orcenais

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
281	312	270	233	265	288	285

Places of interest

• 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)