Saint-Satur

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Saint-Satur
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Satur
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Coordinates: 47°20′31″N 2°51′15″E / 47.3419°N 2.8542°E / 47.3419; 2.8542
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Delesgues[1]
Area 1	7.86 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,403
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18233 /18300
Elevation	144–273 m (472–896 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Satur (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ satyʁ]) is a commune in the Cher department in central France.

It is a medieval town near the river

.

History

Located in the area of

to the Roman bridge over the Loire in Saint-Thibault.

An Augustinian abbey was founded in Saint-Satur in 1034. During the Hundred Years' War, the Augustine Abbey was destroyed.

Area transportation was improved by the construction of a suspension bridge at Saint-Thibault (1834), the Canal latéral à la Loire (1838) and later, the Bourges - Sancerre - Cosne-sur-Loire railroad line (1885).

During

blew up the bridge at Saint-Thibault and sabotaged communication, road and railway lines.

Geography

In the south-eastern part of the commune, the river Vauvise flows into the Loire, which forms all of the commune's eastern boundary.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,661	—
1968	1,759	+5.9%
1975	1,774	+0.9%
1982	1,961	+10.5%
1990	1,805	−8.0%
1999	1,731	−4.1%
2008	1,659	−4.2%

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

References