Marmagne, Cher

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

(2020–2026) Bernard Dupérat^[1]Area37.66 km² (14.54 sq mi)Population1,905 • Density51/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation113–149 m (371–489 ft)
(avg. 138 m or 453 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marmagne (French pronunciation: [maʁmaɲ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising a large village and several small hamlets situated by the banks of the Yèvre river and the canal de Berry, some 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Bourges at the junction of the D160, D214 and the D107 roads. The A71 autoroute cuts across the middle of the commune’s territory, which is also served by a TER railway.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,319	—
1968	1,321	+0.2%
1975	1,684	+27.5%
1982	1,774	+5.3%
1990	1,908	+7.6%
1999	1,941	+1.7%
2008	2,003	+3.2%

Sights

• The church of St. Denis, dating from the thirteenth century.
• Several seventeenth-century buildings.
• The seventeenth-century chateau of Marmagne.
• The thirteenth-century abbey at Beauvoir.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References