Chambon () is a
commune in the
Cher
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department in the
Centre-Val de Loire
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region
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of
France
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.
Geography
The town was a part of the
canton of Châteauneuf-sur-Cher
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; in 2015, following the redistribution of the cantons of the department, it became a part of the
canton of Trouy.
Location
Typology
Chambon is a rural commune. It is a part of the municipalities with little or very little density, within the meaning of the municipal density grid of
INSEE.
In addition, the municipality is part of the attraction area of
Saint-Amand-Montrond, of which it is a municipality in the crown. This area, which includes 36 municipalities, is categorized into areas with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants.
Land use
The zoning of the municipality, as reflected in the database European occupation biophysical soil
Corine
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Land Cover (CLC), is marked by the importance of the agricultural land (89.5% in 2018), a proportion roughly equivalent to that of 1990 (89.4%). The detailed breakdown in 2018 is as follows:
* grasslands (46.4%)
* arable land (43.1%)
* forests (10.5%)
Politics and administration
Environmental policy
In its 2016 winners, the National Council of Flowered Cities and Villages of France awarded one flower to the municipality in ''
Concours des villes et villages fleuris
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''.
Population
Sights
The Church of Saint-Pierre de Chambon has been listed as a historical monument since 1922.
See also
*
Communes of the Cher department
The following is a list of the 286 communes of the Cher department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
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Communes of Cher (department)