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Country
  
Department
  
Population (2008)
  
1,659

Elevation
  
180 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 2:34 AM

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
7.86 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Satur httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons44

Weather
  
9°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 83% Humidity

Saint-Satur is a commune in the Cher department in central France.

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Map of 18300 Saint-Satur, France

It is a medieval town near the Loire River in the former province of Berry.

History

Located in the area of Gaul settled by the powerful Celtic tribe, the Bituriges, or the "Kings of the World", and after their defeat at Bourges (Avaricum), part of Roman Aquitania. Some evidence points to the existence of an early Roman river town of Gordona (Castle-Gordon), now Saint-Thibault and Saint-Satur; located on the Roman road (Gordaine) from Bourges to the Roman bridge over the Loire River in Saint-Thibault.

An Augustinian abbey was founded in Saint-Satur in 1034. During the Hundred Years' War, the Augustine Abbey was destroyed.

Area transportation was improved by the construction of a suspension bridge at Saint-Thibault (1834), the Canal latéral à la Loire (1838) and later, the Bourges - Sancerre - Cosne-sur-Loire railroad line (1885).

During World War II, Saint-Satur, with Sancerre, was a regional command center for the French Resistance. "Operation Spencer" in 1944 was to prevent the Germans from crossing the Loire River between Gien and Nevers and reinforcing troops in Brittany. The French Resistance and Free French Forces blew up the bridge at Saint-Thibault and sabotaged communication, road and railway lines.

Geography

In the south-eastern part of the commune, the river Vauvise flows into the Loire, which forms all of the commune's eastern boundary.

References

Saint-Satur Wikipedia


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