Laverdines
Part of Baugy in Centre-Val de Loire, France
Location of Laverdines
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47°01′53″N 2°47′56″E / 47.0314°N 2.7989°E / 47.0314; 2.7989
1
(2019)[1]
18800
(avg. 215 m or 705 ft)
Laverdines (French pronunciation: [lavɛʁdin]) is a former commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Baugy.[2]
Geography
A tiny farming village, one of the smallest in France by population, situated some 16 miles (26 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the D43 and the D72 roads. The river Vauvise flows north through the eastern part of the commune.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1962 | 93 | — |
1968 | 102 | +9.7% |
1975 | 58 | −43.1% |
1982 | 58 | +0.0% |
1990 | 47 | −19.0% |
1999 | 43 | −8.5% |
2008 | 52 | +20.9% |
Sights
- A nineteenth-century chapel.
- The church of St. Sylvain, dating from the twelfth century.
See also
References
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