Sancoins
Sancoins is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
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Sancoins apparaît dans les notices d'autorité de la Etalab API Découpage administratif et de la Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names comme lieu.
Classement
Les notices d'autorité de la Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names enregistrent Sancoins comme lieu habité. Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre Sancoins comme « commune ». Les notices d'autorité de la Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names enregistrent Centre-Val de Loire comme unité administrative de Sancoins. Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre Cher comme unité administrative de Sancoins. Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre Centre-Val de Loire comme région administrative de Sancoins. Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre France comme pays de Sancoins.
Mesures
La superficie de Sancoins est de 5 362,45 hectares, selon la Etalab API Découpage administratif. La Etalab API Découpage administratif enregistre le code postal 18600 pour Sancoins.
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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
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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