{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Venesmes |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image = Mairie de Venesmes.JPG |caption = The town hall in Venesmes |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Venesmes (Cher).svg |arrondissement = Saint-Amand-Montrond |canton = Trouy |INSEE = 18273 |postal code = 18190 |mayor = Gérard Bedouillat<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 = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Arnon Boischaut Cher|CC Arnon Boischaut Cher]] |coordinates = {{coord|46.84|2.3142|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 148 |elevation min m = 131 |elevation max m = 188 |area km2 = 31.76 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Venesmes''' ({{IPA|fr|vənɛm}}) 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 [[forestry]] and [[farming]] comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river [[Cher (river)|Cher]], about {{convert|17|mi|km}} south of [[Bourges]] at the junction of the D14, D73 and the D940 roads.
==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|614 |1968|618 |1975|689 |1982|669 |1990|714 |1999|739 |2008|882 }} {{clear left}}
==Sights== * The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century. * The ruins of the fifteenth-century [[castle]] of Aigues-Mortes.
==See also== *[[Communes of the Cher department]]
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{{Cher communes}}
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[[Category:Communes of Cher (department)]]