Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine

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Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine
Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine (France)
Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine
region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Nièvre
Arrondissement Château-Chinon (Ville)
Canton Luzy
Community association Bazois Loire Morvan
Coordinates 46 ° 46 ′  N , 3 ° 38 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 46 ′  N , 3 ° 38 ′  E
height 195-247 m
surface 23.37 km 2
Residents 172 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 7 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 58300
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) and school of Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine

Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine is a French municipality with 172 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nièvre in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It belongs to the arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville) and the canton of Luzy (until 2015: canton of Fours ).

geography

Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine is located about 43 kilometers east-southeast of Nevers on the Loire . Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine is surrounded by the neighboring communities Verneuil in the north and northwest, Cercy-la-Tour in the north, Montambert in the east, Cronat in the southeast, Gannay-sur-Loire in the south, Lamenay-sur-Loire in the west and southwest as well Charrin to the west and northwest.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 267 255 232 241 196 188 191 185
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Hilaire church
Saint-Hilaire church

Personalities

  • Georges Turlier (* 1931), canoeist, Olympic champion in two-man canoes in 1952, world champion in 1959

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Nièvre. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-054-X , pp. 450-451.

Web links

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