Sancergues
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Cher | |
| Arrondissement | Bourges | |
| Canton | Avord | |
| Community association | Berry-Loire-Vauvise | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 9 ' N , 2 ° 55' E | |
| height | 158-222 m | |
| surface | 15.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 649 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 42 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 18140 | |
| INSEE code | 18240 | |
Sancergues is a French municipality with 649 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire . It belongs to the canton of Avord (until 2015: canton of Sancergues ) and to the communal association Communauté de communes Berry Loire Vauvise .
geography
Sancergues is located in the Berry, about 40 kilometers east-northeast of Bourges . Sancergues is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Feux in the north, Herry in the north-east, Saint-Martin-des-Champs in the east, Jussy-le-Chaudrier in the south and south-east, Charentonnay in the west and south-west and Lugny-Champagne in the north-west.
The community is located on Via Lemovicensis , one of the four historic " Way of the Pilgrims in France ".
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 858 | 863 | 942 | 865 | 807 | 718 | 701 | 687 |
Attractions
- Saint-Jacques-et-Saint-Cyr church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1926
Personalities
- Maurice Delafosse (1870–1926), colonial administrator, ethnologist and linguist
- Albert Bourlon (1916–2013), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 855-858.
