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Plaimpied-Givaudins

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Plaimpied-Givaudins

|commune status = Commune

|image = Mairie de Plaimpied-Givaudins.jpg

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Plaimpied-Givaudins (18).svg

|arrondissement = Bourges

|canton = Trouy

|INSEE = 18180

|postal code = 18340

|mayor = Patrick Barnier{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Bourges Plus

|coordinates = {{coord|46.9992|2.455|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 128

|elevation max m = 177

|area km2 = 40.51

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Plaimpied-Givaudins ({{IPA|fr|plɛ̃pje ʒivodɛ̃}}) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the two villages and several hamlets situated along the banks of the river Auron and the canal de Berry, immediately to the south of Bourges at the junction of the D106 with the N142 and with the D31 and the D46 roads.

The river has been dammed and has created an {{convert|82|ha|acre}} lake in the north of the commune.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-18180#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |693

|1975 |853

|1982 |1100

|1990 |1388

|1999 |1643

|2007 |1678

|2012 |1822

|2017 |1999

}}

Sights

  • The abbey church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The chateau du Porche.
  • The fourteenth-century gatehouse of the old abbey.
  • Remains of a Roman aqueduct at Saint-Ladre.

See also

References

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Category:Communes of Cher (department)