Sagonne
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Cher | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Amand-Montrond | |
| Canton | Dun-sur-Auron | |
| Community association | Les Trois Provinces | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 51 ′ N , 2 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 189-251 m | |
| surface | 18.85 km 2 | |
| Residents | 190 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 10 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 18600 | |
| INSEE code | 18195 | |
Sagonne is a French municipality with 190 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond and the canton of Dun-sur-Auron .
history
Sagonne takes its name from the Roman patron goddess Soucouna, for whom the base of a statue with her name was found here. Sagonne is a Gallo-Roman oppidum on the Roman road from Lyon via Autun to Bourges . The first written mention of it comes from the year 832 , when Wicfried, Count of Bourges , gave the domain to his daughter Agane on the occasion of her wedding to Robert the Strong .
The Counts of Blois and Champagne descend from Agane , who added the Sagonne fief to the county of Sancerre . Anne de Bueil, heiress to Sancerre, married Pierre d'Amboise , Joan of Arc's companion in arms , in 1428 . Her descendants lived in Sagonne, which became a county in the 15th century, until Antoinette Babezieux was forced to sell the place to Jean Babou in 1542 .
In 1632 Charles de L'Aubespine bought Sagonne, which his lavish nephew had to give up to satisfy his creditors. Claude Lebas de Montargis bought the castle in order to sell it on almost immediately, whereupon his father-in-law Jules Hardouin-Mansart canceled the first transaction in order to purchase it himself in 1699 - and with this feudal domain the associated title of count. During the French Revolution , Anne d'Arpajon, heiress of Mansart and governess Marie Antoinette , was guillotined.
The castle was looted, the roofs covered to get hold of the lead, and the buildings were then used as a quarry and farm. In 1914 the property was declared a monument historique , but remained abandoned. It was not until 1977 that a descendant of Jean Babou acquired the building, began restoration work and later opened the castle to interested visitors.
Population development
- 1962: 205
- 1968: 213
- 1975: 204
- 1982: 199
- 1990: 201
- 1999: 221
- 2016: 186
Attractions
- Sagonne Castle from the 12th and 15th centuries
- Moth from the 14th century, 2.5 kilometers northeast of Sagonne
- four Burgmannenhäuser , in front of the castle
- fortified farm
Personalities
- Louis de Sancerre, seigneur de Bomiers, Connétable of France (1342–1402).
- Marguerite, Comtesse de Sancerre, Dame de Sagonne (1355-1419).
- Charles II d'Amboise, seigneur de Chaumont , Marshal of France
- Jean Babou , Grand Artilleur de France, † 1569
- Gabrielle d'Estrées , mistress of Henry IV.
- Charles de L'Aubespine , keeper of the seals of France 1630
- Jules Hardouin-Mansart , architect
- Anne d'Arpajon , governess Marie Antoinettes .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 934-941.
