The Canton of Vierzon-1 is a

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

situated in the

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département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...

and in the

Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...

region of

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. It covers the northern part of the commune of

Vierzon Vierzon () is a commune in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Geography A medium-sized town by the banks of the river Cher with some light industry and an area of forestry and farming to the north. It is situated some northwest o ...

.Décret n° 2014-206 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Cher
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Geography

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and

light industrial Light industry are industries that usually are less capital-intensive than heavy industry and are more consumer-oriented than business-oriented, as they typically produce smaller consumer goods. Most light industry products are produced for e ...

area at the confluence of the Yèvre and

rivers, in the centre of the

arrondissement of Vierzon The arrondissement of Vierzon is an arrondissement of France in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 43 communes. Its population is 70,135 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Vierzo ...

. The altitude varies from 94m to 182m, with an average altitude of 122m.

Geography

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