La Charité-sur-Loire
La Charité-sur-Loire | |
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Sainte-Croix-Notre-Dame in La Charité-sur-Loire seen on the Loire | |
Location of La Charité-sur-Loire | |
| Coordinates: 47°10′40″N 3°01′11″E / 47.1778°N 3.0197°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Nièvre |
| Arrondissement | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire |
| Canton | La Charité-sur-Loire |
| Intercommunality | Les Bertranges |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Henri Valès |
Area 1 | 15.78 km2 (6.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 4,701 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (770/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 58059 /58400 |
| Elevation | 153–215 m (502–705 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Charité-sur-Loire, known simply as La Charité until 1961, is a riverside commune in the western part of the French department of Nièvre. It is located on the departmental border with Cher, which is also the regional border with Centre-Val de Loire.