Dun-sur-Auron

Dun-sur-Auron
Dun-sur-Auron
Administration
Country	France
Region	Centre
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Dun-sur-Auron
Intercommunality	Le Dunois
Mayor	Louis Cosyns (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	151–188 m (495–617 ft) (avg. 174 m/571 ft)
Land area1	50.09 km2 (19.34 sq mi)
Population2	3,942  (2008)
- Density	79 /km2 (200 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18087/ 18130
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°53′08″N 2°34′21″E / 46.8855555556°N 2.5725°E / 46.8855555556; 2.5725

Dun-sur-Auron is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising a small town and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of both the Auron River and the canal de Berry some 26 miles (42 km) east of Bourges at the junction of the D10, D14, D28, D34 and the D943 roads. Another small river, the Airain flows northwestward through the northern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population of Dun-sur-Auron

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
3982	3995	4154	4238	4261	4013	3942

Places of interest

• The sixteenth century town walls
• The twelfth century church of St.Etienne.
• fifteenth century houses.
• A feudal motte castle.
• The Château de La Périsse.
• The belltower, the Tour de l’Horloge.
• A museum.

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  Walls and towers

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  Fortifications

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  A gateway in the walls

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  The church entrance

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  The bell tower

Personalities

• Maurice Bardèche (1907–1998), journalist and writer.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official town website (French)
• Dun-sur-Auron on the Quid website (French)