Germigny-l'Exempt

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Germigny-l'Exempt
Germigny-l'Exempt (France)
Germigny-l'Exempt
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 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
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

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