Sury-en-Vaux

Coordinates: 47°22′07″N 2°48′19″E / 47.3686°N 2.8053°E / 47.3686; 2.8053
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Sury-en-Vaux
Commune
Location of Sury-en-Vaux
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Sury-en-Vaux is located in France
Sury-en-Vaux
Sury-en-Vaux
Sury-en-Vaux is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Sury-en-Vaux
Sury-en-Vaux
Coordinates: 47°22′07″N 2°48′19″E / 47.3686°N 2.8053°E / 47.3686; 2.8053
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementBourges
CantonSancerre
IntercommunalityCC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Marie-Joseph Raimbault
Area
1
15.82 km2 (6.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
690
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18258 /18300
Elevation183–326 m (600–1,070 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sury-en-Vaux is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of vineyards and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Belaine, about 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D86 with the D57 and D54 roads. It is one of the communes permitted to grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wine.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962673—    
1968714+6.1%
1975665−6.9%
1982673+1.2%
1990686+1.9%
1999721+5.1%
2008728+1.0%

Sights

  • The church of St. Etienne, dating from the nineteenth century.

Personalities

The English poet, author and biographer Richard Aldington lived in Sury-en-Vaux from 1958 until his death in 1962. He is buried in the local cemetery.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ Gates, N.T. (Ed).1992. Richard Aldington: an autobiography in letters. The University of Pennsylvania Press.

External links

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