Avord

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Alain Blanchard^[1]Area27.98 km² (10.80 sq mi)Population2,833 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation147–196 m (482–643 ft)
(avg. 173 m or 568 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Yèvre, some 10 miles (16 km) east of Bourges at the junction of the D976 with the D36 and the D71 roads.
The commune is home to Avord Air Base, the second largest of the French Air and Space Force bases.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,132	—
1975	2,350	+1.40%
1982	2,492	+0.84%
1990	2,079	−2.24%
1999	2,334	+1.29%
2007	2,602	+1.37%
2012	2,769	+1.25%
2017	2,613	−1.15%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• A watermill, the Moulin de la Gravelle.
• The chateau du Therieux, dating from the sixteenth century.

Personalities

• Élisabeth Catez, was born on the military base in 1880.^[4]
• Captain Georges Madon, fighter pilot of World War I, trained at the airforce base here, which now bears his name.^[5]

Twin town

Aindling, Germany since 1977.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

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