Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny

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Saint-Martin-d’Auxigny

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Saint-Martin-d’Auxigny
Coordinates: 47°12′16″N 2°25′03″E / 47.2044°N 2.4175°E / 47.2044; 2.4175Coordinates: 47°12′16″N 2°25′03″E / 47.2044°N 2.4175°E / 47.2044; 2.4175
Country France
Region Centre
Department Cher
Arrondissement Bourges
Canton Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
Intercommunality Terres Vives
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Fabrice Chollet
Area
 • Land1 24.08 km2 (9.30 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Population2 2,104
 • Population2 Density 87/km2 (230/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 18223 / 18110
Elevation 152–301 m (499–988 ft)
(avg. 249 m or 817 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.

Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a large village and several hamlets situated about 9 miles (14 km) north of Bourges, at the junction of the D940 with the D56 and the D68 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 1,625—    
1968 1,659+2.1%
1975 1,635−1.4%
1982 1,705+4.3%
1990 1,909+12.0%
1999 2,018+5.7%
2008 2,104+4.3%

Sights

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The ruins of the fifteenth-century chapel at the site of the Château de la Salle le Roi.
  • The thirteenth-century chapel of the old priory in the forest at Bléron.

See also

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