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Dun sur Auron

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Intercommunality
  
Le Dunois

Area
  
50.09 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Amand-Montrond

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Dun-sur-Auron

Population (2008)
  
3,942

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:40 AM

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Weather
  
4°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 90% Humidity

Dun-sur-Auron is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Contents

Map of 18130 Dun-sur-Auron, France

Geography

A farming area comprising a small town and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of both the Auron River and the canal de Berry some 26 miles (42 km) east of Bourges at the junction of the D10, D14, D28, D34 and the D943 roads. Another small river, the Airain flows northwest through the northern part of the commune.

History

Dun-sur-Auron dates back from Dunum, a Gaul fortified place. In the Middle Ages it depended from the Vicecount of Bourges. In 1101, the last Vicecount, Eudes de Dun, sold his estates to King Philip I of France and the city was renamed Dun-le-roi.

Sights

  • The sixteenth-century town walls
  • The twelfth-century church of St. Etienne.
  • Fifteenth-century houses.
  • A feudal motte castle.
  • The chateau of La Périsse.
  • The belltower.
  • A museum.

    • Personalities

  • Maurice Bardèche (1907–1998), journalist and writer.

    • References

    Dun-sur-Auron Wikipedia
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