Saint-Cyr (Vienne)

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Saint-Cyr
Saint-Cyr (France)
Saint-Cyr
local community Beaumont Saint-Cyr
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Vienne
Arrondissement Poitiers
Coordinates 46 ° 43 '  N , 0 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 43 '  N , 0 ° 27'  E
Post Code 86130
Former INSEE code 86219
Incorporation January 1, 2017
status Commune déléguée

Church in Saint-Cyr (Vienne)

Saint-Cyr is a commune Déléguée in the French municipality of Beaumont Saint-Cyr with 1,151 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

By ordinance of June 16, 2016, the municipality was merged with the municipality of Beaumont to form the municipality of Beaumont Saint-Cyr on January 1, 2017 . The municipality of Saint-Cyr was in the Arrondissement of Poitiers and belonged to the canton of Jaunay clan .

geography

Saint-Cyr is located near the river Clain , which formed the western municipal boundary about 20 kilometers north-northeast of Poitiers . To the northeast of the village lies the Lac de Saint-Cyr in an amusement park of 300 hectares in the area of ​​the former municipality .

The municipality of Saint-Cyr was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Dissay in the south, Bonneuil-Matours in the east, Vouneuil-sur-Vienne in the northeast and Beaumont (Vienne) in the northwest and west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
Residents 548 546 530 604 710 787 1,018

Attractions

  • The red sandstone menhir of Pierre-Fitte, Monument historique since 1932, is 4.5 meters high.
  • The tumulus of La Haute Flotte has also been a monument historique since 1991.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Cyr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. www.legifrance.gouv.fr: Ordinance of June 16, 2016 ( French ), accessed on January 31, 2017