Migné-Auxances
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Migné-Auxances (French pronunciation: [miɲe ozãs]) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Migné-Auxances | |
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The keep of the eleventh century castle, in Migné-Auxances | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Migné-Auxances | |
  Migné-Auxances  Migné-Auxances | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′39″N 0°18′52″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Poitiers |
| Canton | Migné-Auxances |
| Intercommunality | CU Grand Poitiers |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Florence Jardin[1] |
Area 1 | 28.96 km2 (11.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 6,285 |
| • Density | 217.0/km2 (562.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 86158 /86440 |
| Elevation | 65–143 m (213–469 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
On 17 December 1826, the village of Migné witnesses the appearance of a luminous cross in the sky, in front of more than 2000 people gathered on the occasion of the planting of a cross in the village cemetery. Standing about fifty meters above the ground, lying in the direction of the West, about forty yards in length, it was visible from 17:00 to 17:30. Its presence was predicted seven years before its appearance by the abbot Suffrant (1755-1828), parish priest of Maumusson (Loire-Inferieure) and an ecclesiastic M. Vrindts.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 3,052 | — |
| 1975 | 3,691 | +2.75% |
| 1982 | 4,230 | +1.97% |
| 1990 | 5,000 | +2.11% |
| 1999 | 5,805 | +1.67% |
| 2007 | 5,969 | +0.35% |
| 2012 | 5,957 | −0.04% |
| 2017 | 6,071 | +0.38% |
| 2023 | 6,285 | +0.58% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
