Auron Auron may refer to:
* Auron (comics), two fictional DC Comics superheroes
* Auron (ski resort)
* Auron (river) in central France, a tributary of the Yèvre
* Auron, a playable character in the Square role-playing game ''Final Fantasy X''
* One o ...
'') is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Cher
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department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
region
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of
France
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.
Geography
A
farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
area comprising a small town and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of both the
Auron Auron may refer to:
* Auron (comics), two fictional DC Comics superheroes
* Auron (ski resort)
* Auron (river) in central France, a tributary of the Yèvre
* Auron, a playable character in the Square role-playing game ''Final Fantasy X''
* One o ...
Bourges
Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry.
History
The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, t ...
at the junction of the D10, D14, D28, D34 and the D943 roads. Another small river, the
flows northwest through the northern part of the commune.
Population
History
Dun-sur-Auron dates back from ''Dunum'', a Gaul fortified place. In the Middle Ages it depended from the Viscount of Bourges. In 1101, the last viscount, Eudes Arpin, lord of Dun, sold his estates to King
Philip I of France
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and the city was renamed ''Dun-le-Roi''.
Sights
*The sixteenth-century town walls
* The twelfth-century church of St. Etienne.
* Fifteenth-century houses.
* A
feudal
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motte
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castle
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museum
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.
Image:Dun5.JPG, Walls and towers
Image:Dun6.JPG, Fortifications
Image:Dun2.JPG, A gateway in the walls
Image:Dun3.JPG, The church entrance
Image:Dun1.JPG, The bell tower
Personalities
*
Maurice Bardèche
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(1907–1998), journalist and writer.
* Érick Jacquin (1964-Present), chef and TV personality.