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**Cher**
Cher
	Coat of Arms of Cher
	Location
Administration
Department number:	18
Region:	Centre
Prefecture:	Bourges
Subprefectures:	Saint-Amand-Montrond; Vierzon
Arrondissements:	3
Cantons:	35
Communes:	290
President of the General Council:	Alain Rafesthain; PS
Statistics
Population	Ranked 70th
-1999	314,428
Population density:	43/km2
Land area¹:	7235 km2
	¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

Cher (Occitan: Char) is an administrative department located in the centre of France. It is named after the Cher River.

[edit] History

Cher is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Berry.

[edit] Geography

The department is part of the current administrative region of Centre (Val de Loire). It is surrounded by the departments of Indre, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Nièvre, Allier, and Creuse.

[edit] Demographics

The inhabitants of the department are called Berrichons from the former province of Berry.

[edit] Politics

The President of the General Council is Alain Rafesthain of the Socialist Party.

Party		seats
	Union for a Popular Movement	10
•	Socialist Party	9
•	French Communist Party	7
	Miscellaneous Right	5
•	Miscellaneous Left	4

[edit] Tourism

The Bourges Cathedral of St. Étienne is a major tourist attraction.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

(French) General Council of Cher
(French) Prefecture of Cher
(English) Cher at the Open Directory Project
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/bourges.html
http://www.sitesatlas.com/Europe/France/Bourges.htm
http://berrichou.free.fr/

Coordinates: 47°00′N 02°35′E / 47°N 2.583°E / 47; 2.583

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