Alligny-Cosne

Alligny-Cosne
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Canton	Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Community association	Loire, Vignobles et Nohain
Coordinates	47 ° 27 ' N , 3 ° 4' E Coordinates: 47 ° 27 ' N , 3 ° 4' E
height	192-331 m
surface	34.41 km 2
Residents	877 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	25 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	58200
INSEE code	58002
	; Saint-Saturnin Church

Alligny-Cosne is a French municipality with 877 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Nièvre in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté .

location

The community is ten kilometers east of the Loire at the height of the town of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire , where the 77 motorway also passes.

Population development

year	Pop.
1793	1506
1800	1256
1806	1333
1821	1487
1831	1746
1836	1698
1841	1653

year	Pop.
1846	1703
1851	1762
1856	1824
1861	1854
1866	1943
1872	1963
1876	2014

year	Pop.
1881	2009
1886	2005
1891	1844
1896	1720
1901	1610
1906	1628
1911	1598

year	Pop.
1921	1361
1926	1290
1931	1159
1936	1078
1946	941
1954	856
1962	805

year	Pop.
1968	723
1975	685
1982	711
1990	809
1999	824
2006	865
2014	871

Attractions

The Gothic church of Saint-Saturnin , a building with a turret from the 16th century and several wooden statues as fittings.

Viticulture

Part of the agricultural area is used for viticulture . The vineyards of the municipality are assigned to the protected AOC Coteaux du Giennois , which is part of the Loire wine-growing region .

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Nièvre. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-054-X , pp. 329-331.

Web links

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