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Sancoins

FieldValue
nameSancoins
commune statusCommune
imageDonjon Jouy Cher mar09.JPG
captionDonjon of Louy castle
image coat of armsBlason de la ville de Sancoins (18).svg
arrondissementSaint-Amand-Montrond
cantonDun-sur-Auron
INSEE18242
postal code18600
mayorPierre Guiblin
term2020–2026
intercommunalityCC Les Trois Provinces
coordinates
elevation min m192
elevation max m233
area km253.52
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Sancoins (18).svg

Sancoins () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of farming and associated light industry comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the river Aubois and the canal de Berry, about 26 mi southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D2076 with the D951 and D920 roads. The commune shares its southern border with that of the department of Allier.

Population

|1968 |3502 |1975 |3556 |1982 |3667 |1990 |3634 |1999 |3562 |2007 |3177 |2012 |3266 |2017 |3080

Sights

  • The church of St. Martin, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
  • The fourteenth-century castle of Jouy, built by Pierre de Giac, chancellor of the Duke of Berry.
  • Several 15th and sixteenth-century buildings in the main town.
  • Javoulet lake.
  • The sixteenth-century ‘Joan of Arc’ tower.

Personalities

  • Oscar Méténier (1859–1913), writer, was born here.
  • Marguerite Audoux (1863–1937), writer, was born here.

References

References

  1. (9 August 2021). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
  2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-18242#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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