Sancergues () is a
commune in the
Cher
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department in the
Centre-Val de Loire
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region
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,
France
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.
Geography
A
farming
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area comprising a village and several hamlets situated about northeast of
Bourges
Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...
, at the junction of the N151 with the D72, D6 and the D44 roads. The commune is on the ancient
pilgrimage
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route known as
St. James' Way and lies on the left bank of the
Vauvise
The Vauvise () is a long river in the Cher department in central France. Its source is at Nérondes. It flows generally north. It is a left tributary of the Loire
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, which forms most of the commune's eastern border.
Population
Sights
* The church of St. Jacques and St. Cyr, dating from the twelfth century.
* A
feudal
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motte
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at Augy.
* Augy chateau, home of
Nobel laureate
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Roger Martin du Gard
Roger Martin du Gard (; 23 March 1881 – 22 August 1958) was a French novelist, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Biography
Trained as a paleographer and archivist, he brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous ...
for 27 years.
See also
*
Communes of the Cher department
The following is a list of the 286 communes of the Cher department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
Official Sancergues website
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Communes of Cher (department)