1. Geography

2. History
    Links with Scotland 

3. Population

4. Places of interest

5. Personalities

6. Twin towns

7. See also

8. References

9. External links

Aubigny-sur-Nère is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of forestry and farming surrounding a small light industrial town, situated in the valley of the river Nère some {{convert|30|mi|km}} north of Bourges at the junction of the D940, D924, D30 and the D923 roads.

History

First known as Albinacum in Roman times, the commune was established as a royal town in 1189 by Philip II.

This is the location by which the Duke of Gordon gets his honorific title, as the Duke of Aubigny.

In 1419, John Stewart of Darnley, a junior member of the House of Stuart, arrived in France with a large contingent of Scottish soldiers, to fight for Charles VII. He was awarded many titles, among them the Lordship of Aubigny. The family stayed here for 400 years.

Links with Scotland

Aubigny is a common tourist destination for Scots and others from the United Kingdom. The commune is very attached to the Auld Alliance, due to its 400 years of French-Scottish history and is the only place in France that still celebrates this long association each year, on Bastille Day. It is twinned with the Scottish town of Haddington, East Lothian.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The fifteenth-century castle of the Stuarts.
• The sixteenth-century chateau de la Verrerie.
• Several sixteenth-century houses.
• A tower, one of few remains of the original town fortifications.
• A museum dedicated to Marguerite Audoux, (1863–1937), a writer who lived nearby.

Personalities

• John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (1381–1424)
• Bernard Stewart, Lord of Aubigny (1452–1508)
• Robert Stewart, Lord of Aubigny (1470–1544)
• Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny (1649–1734)
• Théophile Moreux, astronomer, is buried here.

Twin towns

• {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
• {{Flagicon|Romania}} Plopana, Romania
• {{Flagicon|United States}} Oxford, Mississippi, United States
• {{Flagicon|Germany}} Vlotho, Germany
• {{Flagicon|France}} Villeneuve-de-la-Raho

See also

• Sologne
• Communes of the Cher department

References

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071124142010/http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE]

External links

• Official town website {{fr icon}}
• Regional Tourism website {{fr icon}}
• Site of the Aéroclub d'Aubigny-sur-Nère {{fr icon}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060427033134/http://www.cg18.fr/cg18/commune/aubigny-sur-nere/ Aubigny-sur-Nère on the departement website] {{fr icon}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060506191824/http://www.oxfordms.net/about/sistercity.htm SISTER CITIES: OXFORD AND AUBIGNY]
• Aubigny-sur-Nère on the Quid website{{dead link|date=December 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{fr icon}}

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