Argent-sur-Sauldre

Argent-sur-Sauldre
Commune
The church seen from the D940 road
Coat of arms
Location of Argent-sur-Sauldre
Argent-sur-Sauldre Argent-sur-Sauldre
Coordinates: 47°33′27″N 2°26′37″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Aubigny-sur-Nère
Intercommunality	Sauldre et Sologne
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Anne Cassier
Area 1	67.35 km2 (26.00 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	2,040
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18011 /18410
Elevation	144–210 m (472–689 ft) (avg. 176 m or 577 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Argent-sur-Sauldre (French pronunciation: [aʁʒɑ̃ syʁ soldʁ], literally Argent on Sauldre) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France in the valley of the river Sauldre, about 35 miles (56 km) north of Bourges on the border with the département of Loiret.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,614	—
1975	2,737	+0.66%
1982	2,687	−0.26%
1990	2,525	−0.77%
1999	2,502	−0.10%
2007	2,254	−1.30%
2012	2,156	−0.89%
2017	2,102	−0.51%
Source: INSEE

Place of interest

• The 15th-century château of Saint-Maur, rebuilt between 1776 and 1778 by architect Victor Louis.

Notable people

• Théophile Moreux, astronomer, was born here on 20 November 1867.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department