Nohant-Vic

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Nohant-Vic
The Church of Saint-Martin, in Vic
The , in Vic
Location of Nohant-Vic
Nohant-Vic is located in France
Nohant-Vic
Nohant-Vic
Coordinates: 46°38′22″N 1°57′38″E / 46.6394°N 1.9606°E / 46.6394; 1.9606Coordinates: 46°38′22″N 1°57′38″E / 46.6394°N 1.9606°E / 46.6394; 1.9606
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
ArrondissementLa Châtre
CantonLa Châtre
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacky Naudet
Area
1
21.25 km2 (8.20 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
449
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
36143 /36400
Elevation175–261 m (574–856 ft)
(avg. 191 m or 627 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nohant-Vic is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

It is located near La Châtre, on the D943, approximately 36 km (22 mi) southeast of Châteauroux and consists of two villages, Vic and Nohant, extended along the road.

Geography[]

The commune lies on the lower Jurassic rocks at the southern margin of the Paris Basin. Just to the south of La Châtre, some twelve kilometres south of Vic, the Variscan-faulted rocks of the Massif Central begin with Cambrian/Ordovician migmatite.

It is near the southern end of the old province of Berry.

Population[]



Sights[]

The House of George Sand is a country house dating from late eighteenth century, built for the governor of Vierzon and acquired in 1793 by Madame Dupin de Francueil, grandmother of the writer. George Sand spent her childhood and adolescence there. Most of her writing was done at the house. She received some illustrious guests including Liszt and Marie d'Agoult, Balzac, Chopin and Flaubert. Delacroix also had a studio there.[where?] The estate is today a property of the nation and run by the Centre des monuments nationaux.

The ancient church in Nohant-Vic features a collection of early wall paintings.

Personalities[]

  • Marie-Aurore de Saxe Dupin de Francueil (1748–1821), daughter of the Maréchal de Saxe, who bought the Nohant estate in 1793.
  • Aurore Dupin, known as George Sand (1804–1876), granddaughter of the above, who spent most of her life at Nohant.
  • Frédéric Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) composed some of his greatest works in George Sand's estate in Nohant.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

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