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Saint-Laurent is a commune in France, situated within the Cher department and the arrondissement of Vierzon. It lies in the Centre-Val de Loire region and shares borders with Allogny, Allouis, Vierzon, and Vignoux-sur-Barangeon. The official name of the locality is Saint-Laurent, also referred to as Laurent-des-Bois.
The commune has an area of 38.72 square kilometers and an elevation of 188 meters above sea level. Its population is recorded as 511, with an equal split of 251 males and 251 females. Another source lists the population as 358. The postal code for the area is 18330, and it is associated with the canton of Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny.
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- Locality
- Saint-Laurent
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 358
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Department
- Cher
- Arrondissement
- Vierzon
- Canton
- Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
- Intercommunality
- CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Fabien Mathieu
- Area
- 38.72 km (14.95 sq mi)
- Density
- 13.2/km (34.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 18219 /18330
- Elevation
- 109–188 m (358–617 ft) , (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Laurent-des-Bois
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Vierzon
- Population
- 510
- Area
- 38.72
- Elevation
- 151
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Orçay
- Official website
- saintlaurent18.fr
- Image
- Saint laurent 20130810.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint-Laurent (Cher)
- postal code
- 18330
- different from
- Saint-Laurent
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
- male population
- 251
- female population
- 251
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-48-51-51-07
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
Originally Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni was an arrival point for prisoners. Eventually it became a special prison commune. In 1949, it became a regular commune.
The official tourism office maintains a pretty up-to-date website.
Get around
The town isn't particularly large and you can get everywhere by foot.
See
The Camp de la Transportation on rue Tanon is Saint-Laurent's reason for being. It's where prisoners (including the famous Papillon) arrived for processing. Guided tours only (90 minutes, €9). Most guides speak some English. The tour includes the cells and public execution areas.
There are also other buildings from that age - in the 19th and early 20th century the region was first and foremost a penal colony.
Do
Rent a canoe from Maroni Club on Esplanade Baudin .
Tropic-Cata give boat tours .
The city serves as the point of departure for several ecotourism circuits, most notably journeys upriver to explore the many creeks as well as the Amazonian rainforest.
Hike to Voltaire Falls Though challenging, this 12.5-mile out-and-back trail lets you experience the largest waterfalls in French Guiana.
Go next
Most visitors go either west to Suriname or east, further into French Guiana. Another alternative is to travel upstream by boat. 17 km south you will find another penal colony, Saint-Jean. 50 km upstream there's the village of Apatou and a further 20 km south there are the Voltaire Falls.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint-Laurent ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ loʁɑ̃] ) is a commune in the Cher department in central France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint-Laurent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.