Blancafort

This article is about the French commune. For the Catalan village, see Blancafort, Tarragona.

Blancafort is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some 33 miles (53 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D8, D30 and the D39 roads. The commune has a border with the department of Loiret. A canal was built here in the nineteenth century to ease drainage and provide transport links. The canal de Sauldre was last used commercially in the 1920s.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,725	—
1968	1,735	+0.6%
1975	1,669	−3.8%
1982	972	−41.8%
1990	1,007	+3.6%
1999	936	−7.1%
2008	1,131	+20.8%

Sights

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Museum of witchcraft

• The church of St.Andre, dating from the eleventh century.
• The twelfth-century chapel.
• The fifteenth-century chateau of Blancafort.
• The twelfth-century chateau de l'Hospital-du-Fresne.
• A museum of witchcraft.
• A public washhouse.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Website of the château de Blancafort
• Museum of witchcraft
• Blancafort on the Quid website (French)