Marseilles-lès-Aubigny

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

Marseilles-lès-Aubigny
Commune
Loire lateral canal
Location of Marseilles-lès-Aubigny
Marseilles-lès-Aubigny
Marseilles-lès-Aubigny
Coordinates: 47°04′06″N 3°00′50″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementBourges
CantonAvord
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Jean-Pierre Renault
Area
1
9.88 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
657
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18139 /18320
Elevation157–198 m (515–650 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A forestry and farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the rivers Aubois and Loire, some 25 miles (40 km) east of Bourges, at the junction of the D44 and the D81 roads. The commune has a small port on the Loire lateral canal. There is a canal boatyard with dry dock in the basin. The village grew up because of the canal traffic. The junction of the Canal Lateral a la Loire, a through route from the Channel to the Mediterranean, with the Canal de Berry. The canal de Berry was a small scale canal and goods needed transferring from the larger Freycinet size peniches used on the Canal de Berry to the smaller Berrichon peniches. It ran from this village to join the Loire at Tours.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962913—    
1968963+5.5%
1975917−4.8%
1982876−4.5%
1990802−8.4%
1999691−13.8%
2008687−0.6%

Sights
  • The church, dating from the twentieth century.
  • A museum.
  • The ruins of a feudal castle.

See also

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