Prémery
Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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Prémery (French pronunciation: [pʁem(ə)ʁi]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.[3] It is in the heart of the Nivernais.
Prémery | |
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The 14th-century Château des évêques de Nevers in Prémery | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Prémery | |
  Prémery  Prémery | |
| Coordinates: 47°10′31″N 3°19′53″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Nièvre |
| Arrondissement | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire |
| Canton | La Charité-sur-Loire |
| Intercommunality | CC Les Bertranges |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alexis Plisson[1] |
Area 1 | 45.62 km2 (17.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,734 |
| • Density | 38.01/km2 (98.44/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Prémericois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 58218 /58700 |
| Elevation | 218–386 m (715–1,266 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
In World War II, Prémery was a hub for Maquis activity within the French Resistance.[4] On 9 August 1944, German occupying forces tortured to death Jean Sanson de Sansal in the forest of Prémery, a Maquisard who refused to lead them to the Maquis hideout.[5]
