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Osmery
Location of Osmery
Map
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementSaint-Amand-Montrond
CantonDun-sur-Auron
IntercommunalityLe Dunois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Patrick de Brunier
Area
1
21.27 km2 (8.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
266
 • Density13/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18173 /18130
Elevation161–199 m (528–653 ft)
(avg. 169 m or 554 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Bourges, near the junction of the D10 with the D2076 and D166 roads. The village lies on the right bank of the Airain, which flows west-northwest through the southern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962435—    
1968419−3.7%
1975371−11.5%
1982309−16.7%
1990276−10.7%
1999254−8.0%
2008266+4.7%

Sights

  • The church of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The fifteenth-century chateau of Défens.
  • A seventeenth-century chapel.

See also

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