Cercy-la-Tour
Encyclopedia
Cercy-la-Tour is a commune
in the Nièvre
department in central France
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joins the Aron
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, the population was . On 1 January 2005, the estimate was .
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Nièvre
Nièvre
Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
The village is located in the middle of the commune, where the river AlèneAlène
The Alène is a long river in the Nièvre département, central France. Its source is at Poil, about west of the village, in the parc naturel régional du Morvan. It flows generally west...
joins the Aron
Aron (Loire)
The Aron is a 105 km long river in central France. It is a right tributary of the Loire, which it meets in Decize. It flows through the département Nièvre.-Course:The source of the Aron is in the commune Crux-la-Ville, about 35 km north-east of Nevers...
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Demographics
At the 1999 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, the population was . On 1 January 2005, the estimate was .