Saint-Agnan (Nièvre)
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Nièvre | |
| Arrondissement | Château-Chinon (Ville) | |
| Canton | Château-Chinon | |
| Community association | Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 19 ′ N , 4 ° 6 ′ E | |
| height | 437-630 m | |
| surface | 23.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 137 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 6 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 58230 | |
| INSEE code | 58226 | |
Saint-Agnan is a French municipality with 137 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Nièvre in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté (before 2016 Bourgogne ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville) and the canton of Château-Chinon (until 2015 Montsauche-les-Settons ).
geography
Saint-Agnan is about sixty kilometers east-northeast of Nevers in the Morvan . The Lac de Saint-Agnan reservoir is located in the municipality and is fed by the Trinquelin and Cousin rivers. Saint-Agnan is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Léger-Vauban in the north, Saint-Germain-de-Modéon in the northeast, La Roche-en-Brenil in the east and northeast, Saint-Didier in the east, and Champeau-en-Morvan in the southeast , Saint-Brisson in the south, Dun-les-Places in the west and south-west and Quarré-les-Tombes in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 318 | 266 | 222 | 212 | 186 | 163 | 159 | 156 | 143 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Agnan Church
- Saint-Pierre Chapel
- Benedictine monastery of La Pierre-Qui-Vire , built in 1850
- Castle, reconstruction from 1840
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Nièvre. Volume 2, Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-054-X , pp. 643-644.
