Colombiers, Cher

Colombiers
Chateau of La Salle
Colombiers
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Colombiers
Coordinates: 46°42′06″N 2°32′27″E / 46.7017°N 2.5408°ECoordinates: 46°42′06″N 2°32′27″E / 46.7017°N 2.5408°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)	Daniel Bone
Area^1	9.51 km^2 (3.67 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	397
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18069 / 18200
Elevation	153–210 m (502–689 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 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.

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

Geography

A village of farming and forestry situated in the Cher River valley some 31 miles (50 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D101 with the D2144 and the D141 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	255	—
1968	258	+1.2%
1975	227	−12.0%
1982	260	+14.5%
1990	320	+23.1%
1999	356	+11.3%
2008	397	+11.5%

Sights

• The thirteenth-century church of St. Martin.
• The fifteenth-century castle, the chateau of La Salle
• A watermill, le moulin du Bas.
• A seventeenth-century stone cross.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Colombiers on the Quid website (French)