Sancoins

Sancoins
Sancoins
	Commune
	Donjon of Louy castle
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sancoins
	Sancoins Sancoins
	Coordinates: 46°49′58″N 2°55′11″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Dun-sur-Auron
Intercommunality	CC Les Trois Provinces
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Raymond Jourdain
Area 1	53.52 km2 (20.66 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	3,080
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18242 /18600
Elevation	192–233 m (630–764 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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 miles (42 km) 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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1990	3,634	—
1999	3,562	−2.0%
2008	3,250	−8.8%

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

Oscar Méténier (1859–1913), writer, was born here.
Marguerite Audoux (1863–1937), writer, was born here.

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References

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

External links

Sancoins website (in French)
Annuaire Mairie website (in French)

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.