Saulzais-le-Potier explained

Saulzais-le-Potier
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Saulzais-le-Potier.svg
Arrondissement:	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton:	Châteaumeillant
Insee:	18245
Postal Code:	18360
Mayor:	Gérard Cardonel^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	46.5997°N 2.4967°W
Elevation M:	227
Elevation Min M:	189
Elevation Max M:	251
Area Km2:	32.38

Saulzais-le-Potier (in French pronounced as /solzɛ lə pɔtje/; Occitan (post 1500);: Sauçai) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, farming and forestry, comprising a village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Loubiere, about south of Bourges, at the junction of the D64 with the D140 and D67 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the middle of the commune’s territory. Saulzais-le-Potier was the seat of the canton of Saulzais-le-Potier, until it was disbanded in 2015.

Population

Sights

• The church, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of Mazière.
• The chateau of Champmatouin.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of La Lande and its park.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.