Blancafort, Cher

This article is about the French commune. For the Catalan village, see Blancafort, Tarragona.

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

Blancafort
Commune
The Sauldre canal in Blancafort
Coat of arms
Location of Blancafort
Blancafort Blancafort
Coordinates: 47°32′00″N 2°31′53″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Aubigny-sur-Nère
Intercommunality	CC Sauldre et Sologne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Margerin
Area 1	64.35 km2 (24.85 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,005
• Density	16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18030 /18410
Elevation	162–261 m (531–856 ft) (avg. 175 m or 574 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some 33 miles (53 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D8, D30 and the D39 roads. The commune has a border with the department of Loiret. A canal was built here in the nineteenth century to ease drainage and provide transport links. The canal de Sauldre was last used commercially in the 1920s.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,725	—
1968	1,735	+0.6%
1975	1,669	−3.8%
1982	972	−41.8%
1990	1,007	+3.6%
1999	936	−7.1%
2008	1,131	+20.8%

Sights

Museum of witchcraft

• The church of St. Andre, dating from the eleventh century.
• The twelfth-century chapel.
• The fifteenth-century chateau of Blancafort.
• The twelfth-century chateau de l'Hospital-du-Fresne.
• A museum of witchcraft.
• A public washhouse.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

External links

• Website of the château de Blancafort
• Museum of witchcraft