Sury-en-Vaux | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Bourges |
Canton: | Sancerre |
Insee: | 18258 |
Postal Code: | 18300 |
Mayor: | Valérie Chambon[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire |
Coordinates: | 47.3686°N 2.8053°W |
Elevation M: | 180 |
Elevation Min M: | 183 |
Elevation Max M: | 326 |
Area Km2: | 15.82 |
Sury-en-Vaux (in French pronounced as /syʁi ɑ̃ vo/) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
An area of vineyards and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Belaine, about 26miles 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.
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]