Nohant-en-Graçay

Nohant-en-Graçay
Nohant-en-Graçay
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Graçay
Intercommunality	Vallées vertes du Cher Ouest
Mayor	Serge Perrochon (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	112–167 m (367–548 ft)
Land area1	23.78 km2 (9.18 sq mi)
Population2	317  (2008)
- Density	13 /km2 (34 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18167/ 18310
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°08′15″N 1°53′41″E / 47.1375°N 1.89472222222°E / 47.1375; 1.89472222222

Nohant-en-Graçay is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising a small village and two hamlets situated some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Vierzon at the junction of the D68, D163 and D164 roads. The A20 runs through the territory of the commune.

Population

Historical population of Nohant-en-Graçay

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
369	398	370	318	296	306	317

Places of interest

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• The house of Zulma Carraud, French writer and friend of Balzac, next to the church.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Nohant-en-Graçay on the Quid website (French)