Saincaize-Meauce
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Nièvre | |
| Arrondissement | Nevers | |
| Canton | Nevers-3 | |
| Community association | Nevers | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 54 ' N , 3 ° 5' E | |
| height | 170-261 m | |
| surface | 21.48 km 2 | |
| Residents | 376 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 18 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 58470 | |
| INSEE code | 58225 | |
Saincaize-Meauce is a municipality with 376 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in central France in the department of Nièvre in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . Saincaize-Meauce belongs to the Arrondissement of Nevers and the Canton of Nevers-3 (until 2015: Canton Imphy ).
geography
Saincaize-Meauce is about ten kilometers southwest of Nevers on the banks of the Allier . Saincaize-Meauce is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gimouille in the north, Challuy in the northeast, Magny-Cours in the east and southeast, Mars-sur-Allier in the south, Neuvy-le-Barrois in the southwest and Apremont-sur-Allier in the west.
Since it opened in 1850, the Saincaize station has been an important railway junction on the Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache and Vierzon-Saincaize lines . Today the station of trains of the will TER Bourgogne Franche-Comté the connection Nevers - Lyon-Perrache / Clermont-Ferrand operated.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 917 | 776 | 614 | 456 | 418 | 457 | 433 | 416 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Sulpice church in Saincaize
- Saint-Joseph church from 1932
- Saint-Symphorien Church in Meauce
- Meauce Castle from the Middle Ages, partly monument historique since 1971
- Old watermills
Saint Joseph Church
Meauce Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Nièvre. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-054-X , pp. 494-497.
