Sancoins
Sancoins is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Sancoins • Commune Status — Commune • Arrondissement — Saint-Amand-Montrond • Canton — Dun-sur-Auron • Insee — 18242 • Postal Code — 18600 • Mayor — Pierre Guiblin • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — CC Les Trois Provinces • Elevation Min M — 192 • Elevation Max M — 233 • Area Km2 — 53.52
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Sancoins appears in the authority records of the Etalab API Découpage administratif and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names as a place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Sancoins as an inhabited place. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Sancoins as a commune. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Centre-Val de Loire as the administrative unit of Sancoins. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Cher as the administrative unit of Sancoins. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Centre-Val de Loire as the administrative region of Sancoins. Etalab API Découpage administratif records France as the country of Sancoins. The area of Sancoins is 5,362.45 hectares, according to the Etalab API Découpage administratif. The Etalab API Découpage administratif records the postal code 18600 for Sancoins.
Geography
Geography
An area of farming and associated light industry comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the river Aubois and the canal de Berry, about 26 mi southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D2076 with the D951 and D920 roads. The commune shares its southern border with that of the department of Allier.
Sights
Sights
• The church of St. Martin, rebuilt in the nineteenth century. • The fourteenth-century castle of Jouy, built by Pierre de Giac, chancellor of the Duke of Berry. • Several 15th and sixteenth-century buildings in the main town. • Javoulet lake. • The sixteenth-century ‘Joan of Arc’ tower.
Personalities
Personalities
• Oscar Méténier (1859–1913), writer, was born here. • Marguerite Audoux (1863–1937), writer, was born here.
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