Ourouer-les-Bourdelins

Ourouer-les-Bourdelins
The church in Ourouer-les-Bourdelins
Ourouer-les-Bourdelins
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Ourouer-les-Bourdelins
Coordinates: 46°55′53″N 2°47′06″E / 46.9314°N 2.785°ECoordinates: 46°55′53″N 2°47′06″E / 46.9314°N 2.785°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Nérondes
Intercommunality	Pays de Nérondes
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Robert Belleret
Area^1	24.64 km^2 (9.51 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	652
• Density	26/km^2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	18175 / 18350
Elevation	173–256 m (568–840 ft) (avg. 210 m or 690 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.

Ourouer-les-Bourdelins is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated some 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D6 with the D15 and D109 roads. The river Airain forms all of the commune's northwestern boundary.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	861	—
1968	893	+3.7%
1975	813	−9.0%
1982	758	−6.8%
1990	740	−2.4%
1999	667	−9.9%
2008	652	−2.2%

Sights

• The church of St. Christophe, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fifteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Annuaire Marie website (French)
• Ourouer-les-Bourdelins on the Quid website (French)