The Canton of Léré is a canton

Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

 situated in the Cher département and in the Centre region of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Geography

A farming and forestry

Forestry

Forestry is the interdisciplinary profession embracing the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands...

 area in the arrondissement of Bourges

Arrondissement of Bourges

The arrondissement of Bourges is an arrondissement of France, located in the Cher département, in the Centre région. It has 16 cantons and 131 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Bourges are:# Les Aix-d'Angillon# Baugy...

. centred on the town of Léré

Léré, Cher

Léré is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A farming area comprising a very small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Loire lateral canal in the valley of the river Loire, some northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D951, D751 and the...

. The altitude varies from 132m at Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois

Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois

Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois is a commune in the Cher department in central France.-Population:-References:*...

 to 303m at Léré

Léré, Cher

Léré is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A farming area comprising a very small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Loire lateral canal in the valley of the river Loire, some northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D951, D751 and the...

, with an average altitude of 200m.

Composition

The Canton of Léré comprises 7 communes and a total of 6,122 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).
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| Belleville-sur-Loire

Belleville-sur-Loire

Belleville-sur-Loire is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A farming village with a nuclear power station situated by the banks of the river Loire, some northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D82, D951 and the D751 roads...

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| Boulleret

Boulleret

Boulleret is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming, comprising the village and three hamlets situated in the Loire valley some northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D751 with the D153 and D13...

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| Léré

Léré, Cher

Léré is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A farming area comprising a very small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Loire lateral canal in the valley of the river Loire, some northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D951, D751 and the...

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| Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois

Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois

Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois is a commune in the Cher department in central France.-Population:-References:*...

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| Santranges

Santranges

Santranges is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A large farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valleys of the rivers Avenelle and Notre-Heure, some northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D926, D82 and the D54 roads....

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| Savigny-en-Sancerre

Savigny-en-Sancerre

Savigny-en-Sancerre is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A farming area comprising a village and several hamlets situated some northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D13 with the D54, D47 and the D152 roads. The commune is the source of many small...

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| Sury-près-Léré

Sury-près-Léré

Sury-près-Léré is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.-Geography:A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the Loire lateral canal some northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D152 and the D751 roads...

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See also

• Cher
• Arrondissements of the Cher department
• Cantons of the Cher department
• Communes of the Cher department

External links

• The canton of Léré on the Insee website