Thauvenay

Thauvenay
Commune
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Coordinates: 47°18′20″N 2°52′08″E / 47.3056°N 2.8689°E / 47.3056; 2.8689Coordinates: 47°18′20″N 2°52′08″E / 47.3056°N 2.8689°E / 47.3056; 2.8689
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gabrielle Mattellini
Area 1	9.86 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	329
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18262 /18300
Elevation	142–295 m (466–968 ft) (avg. 158 m or 518 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thauvenay (French pronunciation: ​[tovnɛ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography[]

A winegrowing and farming village situated on the banks of both the river Vauvise and the Loire lateral canal, about 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D920 with the D206, D202 and the D159 roads. The commune is one of 14 permitted to grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wine. The Vauvise flows northwest through the middle of the commune; the Loire forms part of its northeastern boundary.

Population[]

Sights[]

• A church dating from the twentieth century.
• A twelfth-century chapel.
• An eighteenth-century chateau.
• A restored public washhouse.

See also[]

• Communes of the Cher department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thauvenay.

• Website about Thauvenay (in French)