Migné-Auxances

Migné-Auxances
Commune
The keep of the eleventh century castle, in Migné-Auxances
Coat of arms
Location of Migné-Auxances
Migné-Auxances Migné-Auxances
Coordinates: 46°37′39″N 0°18′52″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Poitiers
Canton	Migné-Auxances
Intercommunality	CU Grand Poitiers
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Florence Jardin
Area 1	28.96 km2 (11.18 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,197
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	86158 /86440
Elevation	65–143 m (213–469 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Migné-Auxances is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

History

Apparition of a cross on December 17, 1826

On 17 December 1826, the village of Migné witnesses the appearance of a luminous cross in the sky, in front of more than 2000 people gathered on the occasion of the planting of a cross in the village cemetery. Standing about fifty meters above the ground, lying in the direction of the West, about forty yards in length, it was visible from seventeen to seventeen. His presence was predicted seven years before his appearance by the abbot Suffrant (1755-1828), parish priest of Maumusson (Loire-Inferieure) and an ecclesiastic M. Vrindts.

See also

• Communes of the Vienne department

References

• INSEE