{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Chambon |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Église Saint-Pierre de Chambon.JPG |caption = The church of Saint-Pierre, in Chambon |image coat of arms = |arrondissement = Saint-Amand-Montrond |canton = Trouy |INSEE = 18046 |postal code = 18190 |mayor = Maryse Jacquin-Salomon<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Arnon Boischaut Cher|CC Arnon Boischaut Cher]] |coordinates = {{coord|46.7878|2.3256|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 170 |elevation min m = 147 |elevation max m = 187 |area km2 = 13.91 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Chambon''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃɑ̃bɔ̃|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Chambon.wav}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Cher (department)|Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]] of [[France]].
==Geography== The town was a part of the [[canton of Châteauneuf-sur-Cher]]; in 2015, following the redistribution of the cantons of the department, it became a part of the [[canton of Trouy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Décret n° 2014-206 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Cher|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000028652446/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506190815/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000028652446/ |archive-date=2021-05-06 }}</ref>
=== Location === {{City Location|northwest=[[Saint-Symphorien, Cher|Saint-Symphorien]]|northeast=[[Crézançay-sur-Cher]]|east=[[Vallenay]]|south=[[Morlac]]|west=[[Ineuil]]|city=Chambon}}
=== Typology === Chambon is a rural commune.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zonage rural {{!}} L'Observatoire des Territoires|url=https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/kiosque/2020-article-zonage-rural|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr}}</ref> It is a part of the municipalities with little or very little density, within the meaning of the municipal density grid of [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Définition - Commune urbaine {{!}} Insee|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/definition/c1472|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.insee.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Comprendre la grille de densité {{!}} L'Observatoire des Territoires|url=https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/methodes/comprendre-la-grille-de-densite|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417185916/https://www.observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr/methodes/comprendre-la-grille-de-densite|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In addition, the municipality is part of the attraction area of [[Saint-Amand-Montrond]], of which it is a municipality in the crown. This area, which includes 36 municipalities, is categorized into areas with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Base des aires d'attraction des villes 2020 {{!}} Insee|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/4803954|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.insee.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=En France, neuf personnes sur dix vivent dans l’aire d’attraction d’une ville - Insee Focus - 211|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4806694|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.insee.fr}}</ref>
=== Land use === The zoning of the municipality, as reflected in the database European occupation biophysical soil [[Coordination of Information on the Environment|Corine]] Land Cover (CLC), is marked by the importance of the agricultural land (89.5% in 2018), a proportion roughly equivalent to that of 1990 (89.4%). The detailed breakdown in 2018 is as follows:<ref>{{Cite web|title=CORINE Land Cover {{!}} Données et études statistiques|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/corine-land-cover-0|access-date=2021-07-25|website=archive.wikiwix.com}}</ref>
* grasslands (46.4%) * arable land (43.1%) * forests (10.5%)
== Politics and administration == {| class="wikitable" |+List of Mayors ! colspan="2" |Period !Name |- | colspan="3" |<small>''The missing data must be completed.''</small> |- |March 2001 |March 2008 |Louis Legrand |- |March 2008 |January 2010 |Gerard Lucas |- |February 2010 |2014 |Jean-Marie Brochard |- |April 2014 |In progress |Maryse Jacquin-Salomon<ref>{{Cite web|title=Résultats élections municipales 2020 : Chambon {{!}} Le Télégramme|url=https://elections.letelegramme.fr/resultats-municipales-2020-bretagne/cher-18/chambon/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=elections.letelegramme.fr}}</ref> |}
=== Environmental policy === In its 2016 winners, the National Council of Flowered Cities and Villages of France awarded one flower to the municipality in ''[[Concours des villes et villages fleuris]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Labeled municipalities|url=https://www.villes-et-villages-fleuris.com/les-communes-labelisees|url-status=live|website=villes-et-villages-fleuris|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220205358/http://www.villes-et-villages-fleuris.com:80/les-communes-labelisees |archive-date=2019-02-20 }}</ref>
==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|215 |1968|231 |1975|195 |1982|143 |1990|122 |1999|134 |2008|148 }} {{Clear left}}
==Sights== [[File:Église Saint-Pierre de Chambon.JPG|thumb|Church of Saint-Pierre]] The Church of Saint-Pierre de Chambon has been listed as a historical monument since 1922.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eglise Saint-Pierre|url=https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00096756|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.pop.culture.gouv.fr}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Communes of the Cher department]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Chambon (Cher)}} {{Cher communes}} {{authority control}}
[[Category:Communes of Cher (department)]]