Cher (department)

The department of Cher [ ʃɛ ː ʀ ] is a French department of atomic number 18 It is in the center of the country in the Centre region and is named after the Cher River.

Geography

The department of Cher is bordered to the west by the departments of Indre and Loir -et -Cher, on the north by the department of Loiret, on the east by the department of Nièvre, in the southeast on the Allier and in the extreme south of the Creuse.

While the Loire forms the eastern boundary of the department Nièvre, flows through the eponymous Cher the west of the department in the north.

Coat of arms

The blazon for the coat of arms of the department of Cher reads in French:

Riviera semé de fleurs de Lys d'or à la bordure de engrêlée cousue gueules, à la d' argent fasce ondée Brochant sur ​​le tout (blue, sown with golden lilies, red, eingebogenem hem, above all else, a silver wave beams. )

This coat of arms is originally to the coat of arms of John of France, Duke of Berry since 1360, third son of John the Good.

The above fixed waveform bar represents the Cher River.

The original design for the current coat of arms along with its blazon was created by Robert Louis in the 1950s.

Cities

The most densely populated municipalities of the department of Cher are:

Administrative divisions

The department of Cher divided into three arrondissements, 35 cantons and 290 communes:

Pictures of Cher (department)

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