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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Intercommunality
  
Trois Provinces

Area
  
53.52 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Amand-Montrond

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Sancoins

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
3,562 (1999)

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Sancoins is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Contents

Map of 18600 Sancoins, 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 miles (42 km) 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.

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

    Sancoins Wikipedia
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