Sancoins
Encyclopedia
Sancoins is a commune
in the Cher department in the Centre region
of France
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comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the river Aubois and the canal de Berry
, some 26 miles (41.8 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 département of Allier
.
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 Cher department in the Centre region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
of 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
An area of farming and associated light industryLight industry
Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...
comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the river Aubois and the canal de Berry
Canal de Berry
The Canal de Berry is a disused canal in France which links the Canal latéral à la Loire at Marseilles-lès-Aubigny with the Cher at Noyers rejoining the Loire near Tours. With a branch from Montluçon it provided of canal with locks wide from 1840 until its closure in 1955...
, some 26 miles (41.8 km) southeast of Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
, at the junction of the D2076 with the D951 and D920 roads. The commune shares its southern border with that of the département of Allier
Allier
Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.- History :Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.In 1940, the government of Marshal...
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Places of interest
- The church of St.Martin, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
- The fourteenth century castleCastleA castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
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 MéténierOscar MéténierOscar Méténier was a French playwright and novelist. In 1897 he founded Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Paris, planning it as a space for naturalist performance.-Life:...
(1859–1913), writer, was born here. - Marguerite AudouxMarguerite AudouxMarguerite Audoux was a French novelist.- Biography :Marguerite Donquichote, who took her mother's name, Audoux, in 1895, was orphaned by age three, following the death of her mother and abandonment by her father...
(1863–1937), writer, was born here.