Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny

Saint-Martin-d’Auxigny
Commune
Coat of arms
Saint-Martin-d’Auxigny Saint-Martin-d’Auxigny
Coordinates: 47°12′16″N 2°25′03″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny
Intercommunality	CC Terres du Haut Berry
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Chollet
Area 1	24.08 km2 (9.30 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18223 /18110
Elevation	152–301 m (499–988 ft) (avg. 249 m or 817 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ doksiɲi]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a large village and several hamlets situated about 9 miles (14 km) north of Bourges, at the junction of the D940 with the D56 and the D68 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,625	—
1968	1,659	+2.1%
1975	1,635	−1.4%
1982	1,705	+4.3%
1990	1,909	+12.0%
1999	2,018	+5.7%
2008	2,104	+4.3%

Sights

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The ruins of the fifteenth-century chapel at the site of the Château de la Salle le Roi.
• The thirteenth-century chapel of the old priory in the forest at Bléron.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

External links

• Official commune website (in French)