{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Charenton-du-Cher |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Eglise de Charenton du Cher.JPG |caption = The church in Charenton-du-Cher |image coat of arms = Blason Charenton-du-Cher.svg |arrondissement = Saint-Amand-Montrond |canton = Dun-sur-Auron |INSEE = 18052 |postal code = 18210 |mayor = Pascal Aupy<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes du Cœur de France|CC Cœur de France]] |coordinates = {{coord|46.7306|2.6431|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 178 |elevation min m = 167 |elevation max m = 253 |area km2 = 4789 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Charenton-du-Cher''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃaʁɑ̃tɔ̃ dy ʃɛʁ}}) 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== An area of [[farming]], [[forestry]] and a little [[light industry]] comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the [[canal de Berry]] and the river Marmande, some {{convert|28|mi|km}} southeast of [[Bourges]] at the junction of the D951 with the D1 and D953 roads.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|1362 |1968|1372 |1975|1371 |1982|1292 |1990|1154 |1999|1096 |2008|1119 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== * The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century. * The [[motte and bailey|motte]] of a tenth-century castle (30m diameter, 10m high). * A fifteenth-century house on the rue Blanche. * An old [[forge]] and its associated buildings, La "Grosse Forge" * Remains of the convent abbey of Notre-Dame de Bellevaux, founded in 620. * The remains of the 15th century [[chapel]] of St. Julien. * A public [[lavoir|washhouse]].

== Famous people ==

* [[Amable Ricard]] (1828–1876), French politician

==See also== *[[Communes of the Cher department]]

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