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Nohant-Vic
Nohant-VicAdministration Country France Region Centre Department Indre Arrondissement La Châtre Canton La Châtre Statistics Elevation 175–261 m (574–856 ft)
(avg. 191 m/627 ft)Land area1 21.25 km2 (8.20 sq mi) Population2 500 (1999) - Density 24 /km2 (62 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 36143/ 36400 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Coordinates: 46°38′22″N 1°57′38″E / 46.6394444444°N 1.96055555556°E
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) south-east of Châteauroux and consists of two villages, Vic and Nohant, extended along the road.
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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.
Demography
Population numbers by year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 555 608 514 480 481 500 Population numbers since 1962 : without double counting Sites and monuments
George Sand's house 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: Liszt and Marie d'Agoult, Balzac, Chopin and Flaubert. Delacroix had a studio there. The estate is today a property of the nation and run by the Centre des monuments nationaux.
Personalities with links to Nohant
- 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
External links
Categories:- Communes of Indre
- Indre geography stubs
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