Sancoins

Sancoins
Commune
Donjon of Louy castle
Coat of arms
Location of Sancoins
Sancoins Sancoins
Coordinates: 46°49′58″N 2°55′11″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Dun-sur-Auron
Intercommunality	CC Les Trois Provinces
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Guiblin
Area 1	53.52 km2 (20.66 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,930
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Sancoins (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃kwɛ̃]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire 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.	±% p.a.
1968	3,502	—
1975	3,556	+0.22%
1982	3,667	+0.44%
1990	3,634	−0.11%
1999	3,562	−0.22%
2007	3,177	−1.42%
2012	3,266	+0.55%
2017	3,080	−1.17%
Source: INSEE

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

External links

• Sancoins website (in French)