Villabon

Villabon
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Villabon
Villabon Location within France Villabon Location within Centre-Val de Loire
Coordinates: 47°05′51″N 2°40′32″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Avord
Intercommunality	CC La Septaine
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Frérard
Area 1	18.28 km2 (7.06 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	559
• Density	30.6/km2 (79.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18282 /18800
Elevation	163–220 m (535–722 ft) (avg. 212 m or 696 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villabon (French pronunciation: [vilabɔ̃]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming village and a hamlet situated on the banks of the small Villabon river about 12 miles (19 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the D12, D36 and the D235 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	480	—
1975	405	−2.40%
1982	462	+1.90%
1990	521	+1.51%
1999	463	−1.30%
2007	535	+1.82%
2012	561	+0.95%
2017	577	+0.56%
2023	559	−0.53%
Source: INSEE

Sights

• The church dating from the nineteenth century.
• A watermill.
• The sixteenth-century chateau of Savoye.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department