Marmagne, Cher

Marmagne is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Marmagne
Commune
The church in Marmagne
Location of Marmagne
Marmagne Marmagne
Coordinates: 47°06′08″N 2°17′05″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Saint-Doulchard
Intercommunality	CA Bourges Plus
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Aymar de Germay
Area ^1	37.66 km^2 (14.54 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,960
• Density	52/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.