Aubigny-sur-Nère

Aubigny-sur-Nère is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Aubigny-sur-Nère
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Aubigny-sur-Nère
Aubigny-sur-Nère
Aubigny-sur-Nère
Coordinates: 47°29′22″N 2°26′24″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementVierzon
CantonAubigny-sur-Nère
IntercommunalityCC Sauldre Sologne
Government
 • Mayor (2015-2020) Laurence Renier
Area
1
61.5 km2 (23.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
5,488
 • Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18015 /18700
Elevation161–233 m (528–764 ft)
Websitewww.aubigny-sur-nere.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of forestry and farming surrounding a small light industrial town, situated in the valley of the river Nère some 30 miles (48 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D940, D924, D30 and the D923 roads.

History

First known as Albinacum in Roman times, the commune was established as a royal town in 1189 by Philip II.
This is the location by which the Duke of Gordon gets his honorific title, as the Duke of Aubigny. In 1419, John Stewart of Darnley, a junior member of the House of Stuart, arrived in France with a large contingent of Scottish soldiers, to fight for Charles VII. He was awarded many titles, among them the Lordship of Aubigny. The family stayed here for 400 years.

Aubigny is a common tourist destination for Scots and others from the United Kingdom. The commune is very attached to the Auld Alliance, due to its 400 years of French-Scottish history and is the only place in France that still celebrates this long association each year, on Bastille Day. It is twinned with the Scottish town of Haddington, East Lothian.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19624,569—    
19685,242+14.7%
19755,468+4.3%
19825,600+2.4%
19905,803+3.6%
19995,907+1.8%
20085,851−0.9%
20155,539−5.3%

Places of interest
  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The fifteenth-century Château d'Aubigny.
  • The sixteenth-century Chateau de la Verrerie.
  • Several sixteenth-century houses.
  • A tower, one of few remains of the original town fortifications.
  • A museum dedicated to Marguerite Audoux, (1863–1937), a writer who lived nearby.

Personalities
Louise de Kérouaille

Twin towns
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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