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Code: 18
Region: Centre-Val de Loire
Traditional provinces: Berry,
Bourbonnais,
Orléanais
Bordering departments: Allier,
Creuse, Indre,
Loir-et-Cher,
Loiret,
Nièvre
Area: 7,235 km2
Population (2016): 307,110 inhabitants
Préfecture: Bourges
Sous-préfectures: Saint-Amand-Montrond, Vierzon
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 19 cantons, 290 municipalities.
The department is named after river Cher (350 km), a tributary to the Loire.
Ivan Sache, 11 April 2019
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Flag of Cher - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 30 October 2020
The banner of arms of Cher (photo) is "Azure semy de fleur-de-lis or a bordure engrailed gules overall a fess wavy argent".
These arms were assigned in 1950 by Jacques Meurgey de Tupigny &
Robert Louis in Marques symboliques des départements français. Since the department is formed by a part of Berry, its coat of arms features the arms of Berry ancien crossed by a fess wavy that symbolizes river Cher, the department's namesake.
Olivier Touzeau & Ivan Sache, 1 November 2020
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