Plaimpied-Givaudins

Plaimpied-Givaudins
region	Center-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Trouy
Community association	Bourges Plus
Coordinates	47 ° 0 ′  N , 2 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 0 ′  N , 2 ° 27 ′  E
height	128-177 m
surface	40.51 km 2
Residents	1999 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	18340
INSEE code	18180
Website	www.plaimpied-givaudins.fr

Plaimpied-Givaudins is a commune with 1,999 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Bourges and the Canton of Trouy (until 2015: Canton of Levet ). The inhabitants are called Plaimpiedois .

geography

Plaimpied-Givaudins is located in central France , about 150 kilometers south of Paris on the Auron and the Canal de Berry . Plaimpied-Givaudins is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bourges in the north, Soye-en-Septaine in the northeast, Saint-Just in the east, Senneçay in the south, Lissay-Lochy in the west and southwest and Trouy in the west and northwest.

The A71 autoroute and the national route 142 run through the municipality .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	673	693	853	1,100	1,388	1,643	1,672	1,822
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Romanesque church of Saint-Martin from 1080, monument historique since 1853
• Remains of the previous abbey, a gate from the 14th century is preserved

Interior of the Saint-Martin church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 604-607.

Web links

Commons : Plaimpied-Givaudins  - collection of images, videos and audio files