Germigny-l'Exempt
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Germigny-l’Exempt
|commune status = Commune
|arrondissement = Saint-Amand-Montrond
|canton = La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
|INSEE = 18101
|postal code = 18150
|term = 2020–2026
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|coordinates = {{coord|46|55|05|N|2|53|52|E|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 200
|elevation min m = 180
|elevation max m = 227
|area km2 = 28.26
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
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Germigny-l’Exempt ({{IPA|fr|ʒɛʁmiɲi lɛɡzɑ̃}}) is a commune in the central French department of Cher.
Geography
A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of the small Luisant river some {{convert|24|mi|km}} southeast of Bourges at the junction of departmental routes D100, D15, D78, D43.
Population
{{Historical populations
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|1962|553
|1968|509
|1975|472
|1982|383
|1990|362
|1999|331
|2008|322
|2013|317
|2019|296}}
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Sights
- The twelfth-century church of Notre-Dame, with its exceptionally tall tower-porch, was built after the siege of 1108 by Louis VI the Fat{{cite journal |last=LEGEARD |first=Emmanuel |date=September 2021 |title=Le siège de Germigny en Bourbonnais : une page méconnue d'histoire |trans-title= |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03337329/ |language=French |journal=Bulletin de la Société d'Emulation du Bourbonnais |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=388–404 |doi= |access-date=}} as a symbol of the Capetian « Pax Dei ».{{cite journal |last=LEGEARD |first=Emmanuel |date=2021 |title=Notre-Dame de Germigny-L'Exempt: un patrimoine à surveiller |trans-title= |url=http://www.lagazettedupatrimoine.fr/files/0a0db1470945772f6c3dbcb396e5198d-267.php |language=French |journal=La Gazette du Patrimoine |volume= |issue=May |pages= |doi= |access-date=}} The inconographic program of its inner portal of 1215 is inherited from the north porch of the west portal of two churches: Laon Cathedral and the abbey church in Saint-Gilles du Gard. The tympanum showing a Sedes Sapientiae is meant to celebrate the triumph of the Church (the Virgin being symbolic of the Church) upon heretics who reject the real presence in the eucharist.{{cite journal |last=LEGEARD |first=Emmanuel |date=February 2021 |title=Saint-Gilles, Laon, Germigny : Iconologie d'une représentation politique de la Vierge dans le "style 1200" |trans-title= |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03138106 |language=French |journal=De Medio Aevo |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=231–240 |doi=10.5209/dmae.73298 |s2cid=234067807 |access-date=|doi-access=free }}
- The chateau of Château-Renaud, dating from the seventeenth century.
See also
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book |last=Legeard |first=Emmanuel |date=2022 |title=Germigny-l'Exempt ou les Trois Deniers de Gaspard |trans-title=Germigny-l'Exempt or Gaspard's three coins |url=https://www.germigny.com |language=fr |location=Paris |publisher=L'Harmattan |isbn=978-2-14-027811-2}}
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External links
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- [http://germigny.hautetfort.com/ Photographs of the commune] {{in lang|fr}}
- {{Facebook|ndgermignylexempt|Groupement de Sauvegarde de Notre-Dame de Germigny-l’Exempt}} {{in lang|fr}}
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