Épineuil-le-Fleuriel

Épineuil-le-Fleuriel is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Épineuil-le-Fleuriel
Commune
St Martin's church
Location of Épineuil-le-Fleuriel
Épineuil-le-Fleuriel
Épineuil-le-Fleuriel
Coordinates: 46°33′35″N 2°35′04″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementSaint-Amand-Montrond
CantonChâteaumeillant
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Phillipe Amizet
Area
1
41.6 km2 (16.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
443
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18089 /18360
Elevation163–260 m (535–853 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.

Geography

An area of lakes, streams and farming consisting of the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the river Cher and the canal de Berry, some 37 miles (60 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D4, D64 and the D97 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the western part of the territory of the commune and it shares a border with the department of Allier.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962633—    
1968681+7.6%
1975578−15.1%
1982551−4.7%
1990478−13.2%
1999414−13.4%
2008456+10.1%

Sights
  • St Martin's church, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau of Cornançay.
  • The nineteenth-century school and museum of writer Alain-Fournier.
  • A feudal motte with a moat.
  • Traces of another medieval castle.
  • The chateau of Fougerolles.
  • Old tile works at la Bouchatte.
  • A washhouse at Cornançay.

Personalities
  • Alain-Fournier, writer, spent his childhood here, where his parents taught at the school. The setting of his novel, Le Grand Meaulnes, is based on the area around the village.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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