Osmery

Osmery
Commune
The church of Saint-Julien, in Osmery
Osmery Osmery
Coordinates: 46°56′08″N 2°39′21″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Dun-sur-Auron
Intercommunality	CC Le Dunois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Desjean
Area 1	21.27 km2 (8.21 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18173 /18130
Elevation	161–199 m (528–653 ft) (avg. 169 m or 554 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Bourges, near the junction of the D10 with the D2076 and D166 roads. The village lies on the right bank of the Airain, which flows west-northwest through the southern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	435	—
1968	419	−3.7%
1975	371	−11.5%
1982	309	−16.7%
1990	276	−10.7%
1999	254	−8.0%
2008	266	+4.7%

Sights

• The church of St. Julien, dating from the twelfth century
• The fifteenth-century chateau of Défens
• A seventeenth-century chapel

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

External links

• Annuaire Mairie website (in French)
• Osmery.fr (in French)