Saint-Marcel (Indre)

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Saint-Marcel
Saint-Marcel (France)
Saint-Marcel
region Center-Val de Loire
Department Indre
Arrondissement Chateauroux
Canton Argenton-sur-Creuse
Community association Éguzon-Argenton-Vallée de la Creuse
Coordinates 46 ° 36 '  N , 1 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 36 '  N , 1 ° 31'  E
height 98-178 m
surface 17.84 km 2
Residents 1,585 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 89 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 36200
INSEE code
Website http://www.saint-marcel36.com/Agendasaintmarcel.html

Saint-Marcel is a French commune with 1,585 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Indre in the Region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Châteauroux and the canton of Argenton-sur-Creuse .

Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Marcel are Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet in the north, Tendu in the northeast, Le Pêchereau in the southeast, Argenton-sur-Creuse in the south and Thenay in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2012
Residents 1795 1668 1591 1683 1687 1641 1638 1572

Attractions

  • Argentomagus (Gallic and Roman oppidum ) with:
  • Argentomagus Museum
  • Gallo-Roman fountain (1st century)
  • House of Quintus Sergius Macrinus
  • roman theater (1st century)
  • Romanesque church (11th / 12th century) with a crypt from the 8th century
  • Priory (12th century)
  • Crypt of the former Hôtel-Dieu
  • Saint-Vincent Chapel (15th / 16th century)
  • Saint-Marcel et Saint-Anasthase chapel (15th / 16th century)
  • Saint-Martin Chapel (12th century)
  • Porte de Lorette (12th century)
  • Auberge Notre-Dame-de Lorette (13th century)

Web links

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