Dun-sur-Auron

The church in Dun-sur-Auron

Coat of arms

Dun-sur-Auron

Location within Centre region

Dun-sur-Auron

Coordinates: 46°53′08″N 2°34′21″E / 46.8856°N 2.5725°ECoordinates: 46°53′08″N 2°34′21″E / 46.8856°N 2.5725°E

Country

Le Dunois

Government

• Mayor (2008–2014)

Louis Cosyns

Area¹

50.09 km² (19.34 sq mi)

Population (2008)²

3,942

• Density

79/km² (200/sq mi)

INSEE/Postal code

18087 / 18130

Elevation

151–188 m (495–617 ft)
(avg. 174 m or 571 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.

Dun-sur-Auron is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising a small town and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of both the Auron River and the canal de Berry some 26 miles (42 km) east of Bourges at the junction of the D10, D14, D28, D34 and the D943 roads. Another small river, the Airain flows northwest through the northern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,982	—
1968	3,995	+0.3%
1975	4,154	+4.0%
1982	4,238	+2.0%
1990	4,261	+0.5%
1999	4,013	−5.8%
2006	3,942	−1.8%

History

Dun-sur-Auron dates back from Dunum, a Gaul fortified place. In the Middle Ages it depended from the Vicecount of Bourges. In 1101, the last Vicecount, Eudes de Dun, sold his estates to King Philip I of France and the city was renamed Dun-le-roi.