Vignoux-sur-Barangeon
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region | Center-Val de Loire | |
Department | Cher | |
Arrondissement | Vierzon | |
Canton | Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny | |
Community association | Les Villages de la Forêt | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 12 ' N , 2 ° 10' E | |
height | 102-176 m | |
surface | 24.87 km 2 | |
Residents | 2,119 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 85 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 18500 | |
INSEE code | 18281 | |
Website | www.vignoux.fr |
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon is a French commune with 2,119 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Vierzon and the canton Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny (until 2015: canton Vierzon-2 ).
geography
Vignoux-sur-Barangeon is about eight kilometers east-southeast of Vierzon on the rivers Barangeon and Croulas , which flow into the Yèvre here . Vignoux-sur-Barangeon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Laurent in the north and east, Allouis in the south and south-east, Foëcy in the west and south-west and Vierzon in the north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 1,036 | 1,042 | 1.106 | 1,503 | 1,844 | 1,885 | 2,020 | 2.144 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Blosset Castle, built in 1771, has been a monument historique since 1995
Personalities
- Jean Graczyk (1933-2004), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Cher. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-088-4 , pp. 1088-1092.
Web links
Commons : Vignoux-sur-Barangeon - Collection of images, videos and audio files