Osmery
Osmery | |
|---|---|
 The church of Saint-Julien, in Osmery | |
 Location of Osmery | |
  Osmery Location within France  Osmery Location within Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates: 46°56′08″N 2°39′21″E / 46.9356°N 2.6558°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Cher |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Amand-Montrond |
| Canton | Dun-sur-Auron |
| Intercommunality | CC Le Dunois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Desjean[1] |
Area 1 | 26.94 km2 (10.40 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 264 |
| • Density | 9.80/km2 (25.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 18173 /18130 |
| Elevation | 161–199 m (528–653 ft) (avg. 169 m or 554 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Osmery (French pronunciation: [omʁi]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. On 1 January 2024, the former commune of Lugny-Bourbonnais was merged into Osmery.[3]
Geography
[edit]A farming area comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Bourges, near the junction of the D10 with the D2076 and D166 roads. The village lies on the right bank of the Airain, which flows west-northwest through the southern part of the commune.
Population
[edit]Population data refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2025.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 464 | — |
| 1975 | 406 | −1.89% |
| 1982 | 344 | −2.34% |
| 1990 | 309 | −1.33% |
| 1999 | 281 | −1.05% |
| 2007 | 288 | +0.31% |
| 2012 | 320 | +2.13% |
| 2017 | 298 | −1.41% |
| 2023 | 264 | −2.00% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Sights
[edit]- The church of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century
- The fifteenth-century chateau of Défens
- A seventeenth-century chapel
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Arrêté du 19 septembre 2023 portant création de la commune nouvelle d'Osmery, retrieved 4 January 2024
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osmery.
- Osmery.fr (in French)
