Lunery

Lunery
Commune
The church of Saint-Albert, in Lunery
Location of Lunery
Lunery Lunery
Coordinates: 46°56′10″N 2°16′19″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Chârost
Intercommunality	Fercher - Pays florentais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Joly
Area 1	32.87 km2 (12.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,558
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18133 /18400
Elevation	121–173 m (397–568 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lunery (French pronunciation: [lynʁi]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A forestry and farming area comprising two villages and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Cher, some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D103, D88, D35 and the D27 roads. The commune is served by a TER railway link to Bourges.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	2,266	—
1968	2,329	+2.8%
1975	2,440	+4.8%
1982	2,021	−17.2%
1990	1,665	−17.6%
1999	1,487	−10.7%
2008	1,469	−1.2%

Sights

• The church of St. Privé, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The chateau at Champroy.
• The church of St. Albert at Rosières, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The fifteenth-century manorhouse de La Vergne.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department