Cher

Cher is a department in central France, part of the region. Named after the river , its prefecture is . In 2019, it had a population of 302,306.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Gare de Saint-Germain-du-Puy and Église Saint-Germain de Saint-Germain-du-Puy.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Church
Photo: Havang(nl), Public domain.
is a church, which is situated 4 km northeast of Cher.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moulins-sur-Yèvre and Saint-Michel-de-Volangis.

Village
is a commune in the Cher department in the region of .

Village
is a commune in the Cher department in the region of . is situated 4 km north of Cher.

Village
is a commune in the Cher department in the region of . is situated 4½ km south of Cher.

Cher

Latitude
47.113° or 47° 6′ 47″ north
Longitude
2.5098° or 2° 30′ 35″ east
Population
299,000
Elevation
152 metres (499 feet)
Open location code
8FV44G75+6W
Geo­Names ID
3025480
Wiki­data ID
Q3286
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Cher” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Cher
  • Albanian: Cher
  • Arabic: شار
  • Arabic: شير
  • Aragonese: Char
  • Armenian: Շեր
  • Arpitan: Ch·èr
  • Azerbaijani: Şer (departament)
  • Azerbaijani: Şer
  • Basque: Cher
  • Bavarian: Département Cher
  • Belarusian: дэпартамент Шэр
  • Belarusian: Шэр (дэпартамент)
  • Belarusian: Шэр (дэпартамэнт)
  • Belarusian: Шэр
  • Bengali: চের
  • Breton: Cher
  • Bulgarian: Шер
  • Catalan: Cher
  • Cebuano: Cher
  • Chechen: ШегӀ (департамент)
  • Chechen: ШегӀ
  • Chinese: Cher
  • Chinese: 些爾
  • Chinese: 謝爾省
  • Chinese: 谢尔省
  • Chuvash: Шер
  • Czech: Cher
  • Danish: Cher
  • Dutch: Cher (departement)
  • Dutch: Cher
  • Esperanto: Cher
  • Estonian: Cheri departemang
  • Finnish: Cher
  • French: Cher
  • French: département du Cher
  • French: Département du Cher
  • French: FR-18
  • Galician: Cher
  • Galician: Departamento de Cher
  • Georgian: შერი
  • Georgian: შერის დეპარტამენტი
  • German: Cher
  • German: Département Cher
  • Greek: Σερ
  • Gujarati: ચેર
  • Hakka Chinese: Cher-sén
  • Hebrew: שר (מחוז)
  • Hebrew: שר
  • Hindi: चेर
  • Hungarian: Cher
  • Icelandic: Cher
  • Indonesian: Cher
  • Interlingua: Departimento Cher
  • Irish: Cher
  • Italian: Cher
  • Japanese: シェール県
  • Kannada: ಚೆರ್
  • Kazakh: Шер
  • Kongo: Cher
  • Korean: 셰르주
  • Ladin: Cher
  • Ladino: Cher
  • Latin: Carus
  • Latvian: Šēra
  • Limburgan: Cher
  • Lithuanian: Šeras
  • Lombard: Cher
  • Low German: Cher
  • Luxembourgish: Departement Cher
  • Macedonian: Шер
  • Malagasy: Cher
  • Malay: Cher
  • Marathi: शेर
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cher
  • Northern Frisian: Cher (Department)
  • Northern Frisian: Cher
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cher (departement)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cher
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Departementet Cher
  • Norwegian: Cher
  • Occitan (post 1500): Char
  • Occitan (post 1500): Departament de Char
  • Ossetian: Шер (департамент)
  • Ossetian: Шер
  • Pampanga: Cher
  • Persian: شر
  • Piemontese: Cher
  • Piemontese: Dipartiment dël Cher
  • Polish: Cher
  • Portuguese: Cher
  • Romanian: Cher
  • Romanian: departamentul Cher
  • Russian: Шер
  • Russian: Шера
  • Scots: Cher
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cher
  • Serbian: Шер
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cher
  • Sinhala: චෙර්
  • Slovak: Cher
  • Slovenian: Cher
  • Spanish: Cher
  • Swahili: Cher
  • Swedish: Cher
  • Tajik: Департаменти Шер
  • Tamil: செர்
  • Telugu: చెర్
  • Thai: จังหวัดแชร์
  • Tosk Albanian: Département Cher
  • Turkish: Cher, Fransa
  • Turkish: Cher
  • Ukrainian: Шер
  • Urdu: شر
  • Uzbek: Cher (departament)
  • Uzbek: Cher
  • Venetian: Cher
  • Vietnamese: Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
  • Vietnamese: Cher, Centre
  • Vietnamese: Cher
  • Volapük: Cher
  • Waray (Philippines): Cher
  • Welsh: Cher
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع شر
  • Wu Chinese: 谢尔省
  • Yue Chinese: 些爾

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St-Germain du Puy Railway Station and Colin River.

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