Neuvy-sur-Barangeon

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Neuvy-sur-Barangeon
Neuvy-sur-Barangeon coat of arms
Neuvy-sur-Barangeon (France)
Neuvy-sur-Barangeon
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Arrondissement Vierzon
Canton Aubigny-sur-Nère
Community association Les Villages de la Forêt
Coordinates 47 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  E
height 129-242 m
surface 67.34 km 2
Residents 1,156 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 17 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 18330
INSEE code

Neuvy-sur-Barangeon is a commune with 1,156 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Vierzon and the canton Aubigny-sur-Nère (until 2015: canton Vierzon-2 ).

geography

Neuvy-sur-Barangeon is about 18 kilometers west-northwest of Bourges . Neuvy-sur-Barangeon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Presly in the north and north-east, Méry-ès-Bois in the east, Allogny in the south and south-east, Vouzeron in the south and south-west and Nançay in the west and north-west.

history

The village is historically the former Noviodunum Biturigum . 52 BC, Caesar first besieged the oppidum of the Gallic tribe of the Biturgs. When he was about to take the oppidum, Vercingetorix wanted to launch a horror attack. However, Caesar was able to repel it and then eventually took the oppidum after all.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,048 1,210 1.107 1,219 1,221 1,162 1,232 1,253
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame church
  • Le Grand-Chavanon Castle (also: Saint-Hubert Castle), built between 1895 and 1897
Notre-Dame church

Personalities

  • Robert Waitz (1900–1978), member of the Resistance, was sent to Auschwitz, where he was a prisoner doctor
  • Jean Graczyk (1933-2004), racing cyclist

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 1038-1042.

Web links

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