Plaimpied-Givaudins

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Plaimpied-Givaudins is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Geography

A farming area comprising the two villages and several hamlets situated along the banks of the Auron River 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 82 hectares (200 acres) lake in the north of the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1962 673 —    
1968 693 +3.0%
1975 853 +23.1%
1982 1,100 +29.0%
1990 1,388 +26.2%
1999 1,643 +18.4%
2008 1,684 +2.5%
2012 1,822 +8.2%

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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