Nohant-en-Goût

Nohant-en-Goût
Nohant-en-Goût
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Baugy
Intercommunality	La Septaine
Mayor	Véronique Bréchard (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	134–179 m (440–587 ft) (avg. 166 m/545 ft)
Land area1	24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population2	552  (2008)
- Density	22 /km2 (57 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18166/ 18390
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°06′00″N 2°34′16″E / 47.1°N 2.57111111111°E / 47.1; 2.57111111111

Nohant-en-Goût 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 by the banks of the river Tripande, some 8 miles (13 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the N151 with the N98 and the D186 roads.

Population

Historical population of Nohant-en-Goût

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
240	244	277	374	372	429	552

Places of interest

• The church of St. Blaise and the war memorial.
• Vestiges of an old church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The fifteenth century chateau du Préau.
• Traces of an old castle at La Motte.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Old postcard photographs of the commune (French)
• Nohant-en-Goût on the Quid website (French)