Plaimpied-Givaudins

Plaimpied-Givaudins
Coat of arms of Plaimpied-Givaudins Coat of arms
Plaimpied-Givaudins
Location within Centre region Plaimpied-Givaudins
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Levet
Intercommunality	Bourges Plus
Government
• Mayor (2010–2014)	Patrick Barnier
Area1	40.51 km2 (15.64 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,684
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	18180 / 18340
Elevation	128–177 m (420–581 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Plaimpied-Givaudins on the Quid website (French)