{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Vallenay |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Église de Vallenay.JPG |caption = The church of Saint-Roch |image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Vallenay (18).svg |arrondissement = Saint-Amand-Montrond |canton = Trouy |INSEE = 18270 |postal code = 18190 |mayor = Marina Dupuy<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 = [[Communauté de communes Arnon Boischaut Cher|CC Arnon Boischaut Cher]] |coordinates = {{coord|46.8022|2.3719|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 180 |elevation min m = 138 |elevation max m = 226 |area km2 = 25.66 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Vallenay''' ({{IPA|fr|valnɛ}}) 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== Vallenay is an area of [[forestry]] and [[farming]]. It comprises two villages and a couple of hamlets, situated in the valley of the river [[Cher (river)|Cher]], about {{convert|20|mi|km}} south of [[Bourges]], at the junction of the D3 and D38 road. The [[A71 autoroute]] runs through the commune’s eastern territory.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|963 |1968|1009 |1975|1021 |1982|833 |1990|857 |1999|709 |2008|697 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== * The [[priory]] church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century. * The chateau of Bigny. * The chateau du Preuil. * A forge ‘La Petite Forge’ at Bigny. * Old [[limekiln]]s. * A seventeenth-century chapel at Bigny.

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

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.vallenay.info Official Vallenay website] {{in lang|fr}}

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[[Category:Communes of Cher (department)]]