Concressault

Concressault
Coat of arms
Location of Concressault
Land	Frankreich
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Vailly-sur-Sauldre
Intercommunality	Cœur du Pays Fort
Regierung
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Anne-Marie Legras
Area 1	7.45 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Population  (2008)	234
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18070 /18260
Elevation	175–272 m (574–892 ft) (avg. 183 m or 600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

A small farming village situated by the banks of the Sauldre river, some 27 miles (43 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D8 with the D11 and D21 roads.

Population

Historical population of Concressault

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	224	261	232	216	236	214	234

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The ruins of a fourteenth century castle, destroyed by the English during the Hundred Years War.
• Two old watermills and ancient barns at the Domaine du Moulin au Riche.
• A museum, the Musée de la Sorcellerie.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Photos of the castle ruins
• Concressault on the Quid website Template:Fr