Levet, Cher

Levet
Commune
Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Trouy
Intercommunality	CC Arnon Boischaut Cher
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Marechal
Area1	25.97 km2 (10.03 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	18126 / 18340
Elevation	159–181 m (522–594 ft) (avg. 171 m or 561 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a small town and several small hamlets situated by the banks of the Rampenne river, some 11 miles (18 km) south of Bourges, at the junction of the D940, D2144, D28 and the D88 roads. The A71 autoroute passes through the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	867	—
1968	992	+14.4%
1975	1,108	+11.7%
1982	1,266	+14.3%
1990	1,342	+6.0%
1999	1,269	−5.4%
2008	1,335	+5.2%

Sights

• A sixteenth-century house.
• The church, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A modern chateau of Soulangy.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department