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.

Sancerre
Canton
Interactive map of Sancerre
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
No. of communes	36
Seat	Sancerre
Area	687.99 km2 (265.63 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	18,023
• Density	26.197/km2 (67.849/sq mi)
INSEE code	18 16

Geography

An area of farming and winegrowing in the valley of the river Loire, in the northeastern part of the arrondissement of Bourges centred on the town of Sancerre. The altitude varies from 139m at Bannay to 392m at Sens-Beaujeu, with an average altitude of 219m.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 18 to 36 communes:

• Assigny
• Bannay
• Barlieu
• Belleville-sur-Loire
• Boulleret
• Bué
• Concressault
• Couargues
• Crézancy-en-Sancerre
• Dampierre-en-Crot
• Feux
• Gardefort
• Jalognes
• Jars
• Léré
• Menetou-Râtel
• Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre
• Le Noyer
• Saint-Bouize
• Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois
• Saint-Satur
• Sancerre
• Santranges
• Savigny-en-Sancerre
• Sens-Beaujeu
• Subligny
• Sury-en-Vaux
• Sury-ès-Bois
• Sury-près-Léré
• Thauvenay
• Thou
• Vailly-sur-Sauldre
• Veaugues
• Verdigny
• Villegenon
• Vinon

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2013	18,945	—
2018	18,476	−0.50%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Arrondissements of the Cher department
• Cantons of the Cher department
• Communes of the Cher department