Cercy-la-Tour

Cercy-la-Tour
region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
Arrondissement	Château-Chinon (Ville)
Canton	Luzy
Community association	Bazois Loire Morvan
Coordinates	46 ° 52 '  N , 3 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 52 '  N , 3 ° 39'  E
height	191-253 m
surface	45.57 km 2
Residents	1,746 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	38 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	58340
INSEE code	58046
Website	http://www.cercylatour.fr/
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Cercy-la-Tour is a French commune with 1,746 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Nièvre in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville) . The place is located on the Aron River , at the confluence of its right tributary Canne and the left tributary Alène . In addition, the crosses navigation canal Nivernais Canal , which here runs parallel to the Aron, the location area.

history

In Gallo-Roman times, Cercy was the oppidum Cerciacum with four additions that can still be proven today:

• Porte d'Aron at the top of Rue d'Aron
• Porte de Coulonges, opposite, at the bottom of Rue Pasteur
• Porte de Bourgogne at the intersection of Rue Louis Albert Morlon and Rue des Vignes
• Porte de Paris at the intersection of Rue de Bourgogne and Rue Saint Vallier

Between 1790 and 1794 the neighboring village of Coddes was incorporated. In 1801 the place was renamed from Cercy-sur-Aron to Cercy-la-Tour.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2012
Residents	2,150	2,209	2,320	2,258	2,108	2,074	2,061	2,031

Personalities

• Antoine-Sylvestre Receveur (1750–1804), founder of the Sœurs de la Retraite Chrétienne religious order.

Twin cities

• Vallendar , Rhineland-Palatinate , since 1977.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.vallendar-cercy.de/

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Nièvre. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-054-X , pp. 433-440.

Web links

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