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Thauvenay
Location of Thauvenay
Map
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementBourges
CantonSancerre
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Benoît de Choulot
Area
1
9.86 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
347
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18262 /18300
Elevation142–295 m (466–968 ft)
(avg. 158 m or 518 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thauvenay is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A winegrowing and farming village situated on the banks of both the river Vauvise and the Loire lateral canal, about 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D920 with the D206, D202 and the D159 roads. The commune is one of 14 permitted to grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wine. The Vauvise flows northwest through the middle of the commune; the Loire forms part of its northeastern boundary.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962250—    
1968255+2.0%
1975293+14.9%
1982274−6.5%
1990295+7.7%
1999302+2.4%
2008347+14.9%

Sights

  • A church dating from the twentieth century.
  • A twelfth-century chapel.
  • An eighteenth-century chateau.
  • A restored public washhouse.

See also

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