Saligny-le-Vif

Coordinates: 47°02′47″N 2°46′02″E / 47.0464°N 2.7672°E / 47.0464; 2.7672
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Saligny-le-Vif
Part of Baugy
Location of Saligny-le-Vif
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Saligny-le-Vif is located in France
Saligny-le-Vif
Saligny-le-Vif
Saligny-le-Vif is located in Centre-Val de Loire
Saligny-le-Vif
Saligny-le-Vif
Coordinates: 47°02′47″N 2°46′02″E / 47.0464°N 2.7672°E / 47.0464; 2.7672
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementBourges
CantonAvord
CommuneBaugy
Area
1
15.29 km2 (5.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
185
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
18800
Elevation174–227 m (571–745 ft)
(avg. 224 m or 735 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saligny-le-Vif (French pronunciation: [saliɲi vif]) is a former commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Baugy.[2]

Geography[edit]

A farming area comprising a small village and a few hamlets situated in the valley of the river Yèvre, about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D42, D103 and the D72 roads.

Population[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962243—    
1968243+0.0%
1975178−26.7%
1982151−15.2%
1990143−5.3%
1999157+9.8%
2008160+1.9%

Sights[edit]

  • The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A feudal motte.

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