Germigny-l'Exempt
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region | Center-Val de Loire | |
Department | Cher | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Amand-Montrond | |
Canton | La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois | |
Community association | Portes du Berry between Loire and Val d'Aubois | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 55 ' N , 2 ° 54' E | |
height | 180-227 m | |
surface | 28.26 km 2 | |
Residents | 307 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 11 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 18150 | |
INSEE code | 18101 | |
![]() Notre-Dame church |
Germigny-l'Exempt is a French municipality with 307 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cher in the region de Center-Val Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond and is part of the canton of La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois . The inhabitants are called Germignois .
geography
Germigny-l'Exempt is located about 45 kilometers east-southeast of Bourges and about 21 kilometers west-southwest of Nevers . Germigny-l'Exempt is surrounded by the neighboring communities Ignol in the north and north-west, La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois in the north and east, La Chapelle-Hugon in the east and south-east, Grossouvre in the south-east, Vereaux in the south, Ourouer-les- Bourdelins to the west and southwest, and Croisy to the west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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Residents | 553 | 509 | 472 | 383 | 362 | 331 | 320 | 317 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Romanesque Church of Notre-Dame from the 12th century
- Château-Renaud from the 17th century
- Wash house
Personalities
- François-Louis Auvity (1874–1964), Bishop of Bourges and later Bishop of Mende. He was after the war because of his collaboration with the Nazis by Pope Pius XII. deposed as bishop.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 486-488.
Web links
- FB Page of the UNESCO-affiliated association for the preservation of Notre-Dame de Germigny (French, supported for years by the now deceased art historian Willibald Sauerländer )