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Cher

French department
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Summary

Cher is a department of France[1]. Cher draws 2,585 Wikipedia views per month (department of france category, ranking #67 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Centre-Val de Loire[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Capital: Bourges[5]
  • Shares border with: Loir-et-Cher[6], Loiret[7], Nièvre[8], Allier[9], Creuse[10], Indre[11], Yonne[12]
  • Named after: Cher[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Bourges[14], arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond[15], arrondissement of Vierzon[16], Bourges[17]
  • Commons category: Cher (department)[18]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[19], UTC+02:00[20]
  • Inception: March 4, 1790[21]
  • Highest point: Le Magnoux[22]
  • Official website: https://www.departement18.fr/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cher (department)[24]
  • Commons gallery: Cher (department)[25]
  • Population: 311,694[26], 308,992[27], 304,256[28], 303,408[29], 302,306[30], 300,933[31], 299,573[32], 299,496[33], 298,660[34]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Berry[35]
  • Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[36]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40]
  • Official name: Cher[41]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques du Cher[42]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Cher[43]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Cher[44]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Cher (department)[45]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Cher (department)[46]
  • Area: 7235 km²[47]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Cher include Charenton-du-Cher[48], a commune of France[49], in France[50].

Why It Matters

Cher has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Cher is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for Cher include Charenton-du-Cher[48], a commune of France[49], in France[50].

Related Entities

Apremont-sur-Allier Aubigny-sur-Nère Augy-sur-Aubois Avord Bourges Châteauneuf-sur-Cher Cher France Saint-Amand-Montrond Saint-Doulchard Sancerre Turkmenistan Vierzon Zouérat

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37234|batch #37234]]: Remove redundant P421, they are available at a higher administrative level"
  2. 17w ago · Albgr03 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → arrondissement of Bourges, arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond, arrondissement of Vierzon +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36975|batch #36975]]: Remove French communes from French depts"
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