Barlieu

Barlieu
Barlieu
Commune
	The town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Barlieu
	Barlieu Barlieu
	Coordinates: 47°29′21″N 2°37′46″E / 47.4892°N 2.6294°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Verbeke
Area 1	27.87 km2 (10.76 sq mi)
Population (2021)	339
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18022 /18260
Elevation	181–296 m (594–971 ft) ; (avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barlieu (French pronunciation: [baʁljø]) is a commune in the French department of Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

History

In 1136, a papal bull mentioned the church at Barlieu as "Ecclesiam de Barlocco. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Germain, was initially appointed to the abbot of Saint-Satur and a priory, called the "chaplaincy Barlieu", was built here.
As an old fortified place with a public square, the village belonged to the house of Sancerre in 1152.
In 1190, before his departure for the Crusades, Count Stephen I, Count of Sancerre, gave the residents "the customs of

Louise-Élisabeth de Bourbon-Condé

, Countess of Sancerre, who died in 1775.