Laverdines

Part of Baugy in Centre-Val de Loire, France

47°01′53″N 2°47′56″E / 47.0314°N 2.7989°E / 47.0314; 2.7989CountryFranceRegionCentre-Val de LoireDepartmentCherArrondissementBourgesCantonAvordCommuneBaugyArea9.89 km² (3.82 sq mi)Population36 • Density3.6/km² (9.4/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codeElevation177–221 m (581–725 ft)
(avg. 215 m or 705 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Laverdines (French pronunciation: [lavɛʁdin]) is a former commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Baugy.^[2]

A tiny farming village, one of the smallest in France by population, situated some 16 miles (26 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the D43 and the D72 roads. The river Vauvise flows north through the eastern part of the commune.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	93	—
1968	102	+9.7%
1975	58	−43.1%
1982	58	+0.0%
1990	47	−19.0%
1999	43	−8.5%
2008	52	+20.9%

• A nineteenth-century chapel.
• The church of St. Sylvain, dating from the twelfth century.

• Communes of the Cher department