Les Aix-d'Angillon

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Les Aix-d'Angillon
Coat of arms of Les Aix-d'Angillon
Les Aix-d'Angillon (France)
Les Aix-d'Angillon
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Saint-Germain-du-Puy
Community association Terres du Haut Berry
Coordinates 47 ° 12 '  N , 2 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '  N , 2 ° 34'  E
height 163-211 m
surface 14.68 km 2
Residents 1,916 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 131 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 18220
INSEE code
Website www.lesaixdangillon.fr

Les Aix-d'Angillon is a French commune with 1,916 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . Les Aix-d'Angillon belongs to the Arrondissement of Bourges and the canton of Saint-Germain-du-Puy (until 2015: canton of Les Aix-d'Angillon ).

geography

Les Aix-d'Angillon is located about twenty kilometers northeast of Bourges in the Champagne Berrichonne . The place is on the Colin River . Les Aix-d'Angillon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Aubinges in the north, Rians in the east, Sainte-Solange in the south, Soulangis in the west and south-west and Parassy in the north-west.

population

Number of inhabitants
year 1793 1841 1891 1896 1911 1946 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,096 1,426 1,663 1,556 1,382 1,151 1,118 1,246 1,945 2.146 2,160 2.006 1,930 1.917

Attractions

Donjon,
at the back Saint-Germain church
  • Notre-Dame church from the 12th century
  • Saint-Germain church in Valentigney from the 12th century
  • Old Saint Germain Church
  • 16th century hospice
  • Castle ruins (the keep from the 15th century is preserved)

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 39-42.

Web links

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