Sancoins

Sancoins
Donjon of Louy castle
Coat of arms
Sancoins
Location within Centre-Val de Loire region  Sancoins
Coordinates: 46°49′58″N 2°55′11″E / 46.8328°N 2.9197°ECoordinates: 46°49′58″N 2°55′11″E / 46.8328°N 2.9197°E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Sancoins
Intercommunality	Trois Provinces
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Raymond Jourdain
Area^1	53.52 km^2 (20.66 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	3,250
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Sancoins is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre 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.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Sancoins website (French)
• Annuaire Marie website (French)
• Sancoins on the Quid website (French)