Marmagne, Cher

Marmagne
The church in Marmagne
Marmagne
Location within Centre region Marmagne
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Saint-Doulchard
Intercommunality	Bourges Plus
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Aymar de Germay
Area1	37.66 km2 (14.54 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,003
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18138 / 18500
Elevation	113–149 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Marmagne is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre 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

• INSEE

External links

• Marmagne on the Quid website (French)