Sancoins Explained

Sancoins
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason de la ville de Sancoins (18).svg
Arrondissement:	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton:	Dun-sur-Auron
Insee:	18242
Postal Code:	18600
Mayor:	Pierre Guiblin^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Les Trois Provinces
Coordinates:	46.8328°N 2.9197°W
Elevation Min M:	192
Elevation Max M:	233
Area Km2:	53.52

Sancoins (in French pronounced as /sɑ̃kwɛ̃/) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of farming and associated light industry comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the river Aubois and the canal de Berry, about 26miles southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D2076 with the D951 and D920 roads. The commune shares its southern border with that of the department of Allier.

Sights

• The church of St. Martin, rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
• The fourteenth-century castle of Jouy, built by Pierre de Giac, chancellor of the Duke of Berry.
• Several 15th and sixteenth-century buildings in the main town.
• Javoulet lake.
• The sixteenth-century ‘Joan of Arc’ tower.

Personalities

• Oscar Méténier (1859–1913), writer, was born here.
• Marguerite Audoux (1863–1937), writer, was born here.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

External links

• Sancoins website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.