Savigny-en-Septaine | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Savigny-en-Septaine (18).svg |
Arrondissement: | Bourges |
Canton: | Avord |
Insee: | 18247 |
Postal Code: | 18390 |
Mayor: | Gérard René Carlier[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | La Septaine |
Coordinates: | 47.045°N 2.5614°W |
Elevation M: | 148 |
Elevation Min M: | 137 |
Elevation Max M: | 172 |
Area Km2: | 22.58 |
Savigny-en-Septaine (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
A farming area comprising a village and a few hamlets situated about 6miles southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D976 with the D46 and the D66 roads. The village lies on the left bank of the river Airain, which flows north through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Yèvre, which forms part of the commune's northern boundary.
During the summer 1944, in a farm of the village occurred the Tragedy of the Guerry's wells. It designates the massacre of 36 Jews by French militiamen.