# Vasselay

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Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Vasselay Commune Coat of arms Location of Vasselay Vasselay Show map of France Vasselay Show map of Centre-Val de Loire Coordinates: 47°09′31″N 2°23′21″E / 47.1586°N 2.3892°E / 47.1586; 2.3892 Country France Region Centre-Val de Loire Department Cher Arrondissement Bourges Canton Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny Intercommunality CC Terres du Haut Berry Government • Mayor (2023–2026) Jean-Luc Leger[1] Area 1 20.21 km2 (7.80 sq mi) Population (2023)[2] 1,579 • Density 78.13/km2 (202.4/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) INSEE/Postal code 18271 /18110 Elevation 135–218 m (443–715 ft) (avg. 182 m or 597 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

**Vasselay** (French pronunciation: [\[vaslɛ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French)) is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Cher](/source/Cher_(department)) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in the [Centre-Val de Loire](/source/Centre-Val_de_Loire) [region](/source/Regions_of_France) of [France](/source/France).

## Geography

A [farming](/source/Farming) area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated immediately north of [Bourges](/source/Bourges) on the D58 road.

## Population

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 645 — 1975 647 +0.04% 1982 735 +1.84% 1990 1,020 +4.18% 1999 1,095 +0.79% 2007 1,145 +0.56% 2012 1,213 +1.16% 2017 1,447 +3.59% 2023 1,579 +1.47% Source: INSEE[3]

## Sights

- The church, dating from the nineteenth century.

- The chateau of Puyvallée, dating from the eighteenth century.

## See also

- [Communes of the Cher department](/source/Communes_of_the_Cher_department)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Répertoire national des élus: les maires"](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503) (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Populations de référence 2023"](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-18271) (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pophist_3-0)** [Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-18271#tableau-POPREF_G1), INSEE

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Vasselay](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vasselay).

- [Website of the commune of Vasselay](http://info.vasselay.free.fr) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081113115311/http://info.vasselay.free.fr/) 13 November 2008 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in French)

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Authority control databases: National France BnF data

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