The Canton of Vailly-sur-Sauldre is a former

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situated in the

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and in the

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region of

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. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 11 communes, which joined the

canton of Sancerre The Canton of Sancerre is a canton situated in the Cher département and is in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of farming and winegrowing in the valley of the river Loire, in the northeastern part of the arrondissem ...

in 2015.Décret n° 2014-206 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Cher
/ref> It had 3,409 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 18 Cher
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Geography

A farming area in the valley of the river

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, in the northeastern part of the

arrondissement of Bourges The arrondissement of Bourges is an arrondissement of France in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 128 communes. Its population is 173,037 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Bour ...

centred on the town of

Vailly-sur-Sauldre Vailly-sur-Sauldre (, literally ''Vailly on Sauldre'') is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A farming village situated on the banks of the Sauldre river, about northeast of Bourges at the jun ...

. The altitude varies from 175m at

Concressault Concressault () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography Concressault is a small farming village situated by the banks of the Sauldre river, north of Bourges at the junction of the D8 with the ...

to 374m at Le Noyer, with an average altitude of 274m. The canton comprised 11

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: * Assigny * Barlieu *

* Dampierre-en-Crot *

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* Le Noyer * Subligny * Sury-ès-Bois *

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* Villegenon

Geography

Population

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