{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{for|the mountain|Culan (mountain)}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Culan |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Château de Culan.jpg |caption = The Château de Culan |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Culan (Cher).svg |arrondissement = Saint-Amand-Montrond |canton = Châteaumeillant |INSEE = 18083 |postal code = 18270 |mayor = Nicolas Nauleau<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&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = |coordinates = {{coord|46.5483|2.35|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 270 |elevation min m = 220 |elevation max m = 332 |area km2 = 20.23 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Culan''' ({{IPA|fr|kylɑ̃}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Cher (department)|Cher]] ''[[Departments of France|département]]'' in the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]] of [[France]].

It is best known for its 12th-15th century [[medieval]] [[castle]], the [[Château de Culan]], one of the oldest castles still occupied in the world. The castle has beautiful medieval gardens and it is open to visitors every day from Easter until November.

==Geography== The commune is a [[farming]] area comprising the village and a few hamlets situated by the banks of the river [[Arnon (river)|Arnon]], in the south of the ''département'' some {{convert|35|mi|km}} south of [[Bourges]] and at the junction of the D997 with the D943, D4 and D65 roads.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|1261 |1968|1310 |1975|1164 |1982|1055 |1990|932 |1999|822 |2008|796 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== * The church of St. Vincent, dating from the seventeenth century * The castle * A [[watermill]] * A nineteenth-century [[viaduct]] [[Image:CulanCentre.jpg|thumb|The village of Culan|left|300px]] {{clear}}

==See also== *[[Château de Culan]] *[[Communes of the Cher department]]

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==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.culan.net/ Website of the Château de Culan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003095220/http://www.culan.net/ |date=3 October 2017 }} {{in lang|fr}}

{{Cher communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Cher (department)]] [[Category:Berry, France]]