Noviodunum Biturigum

Neung-sur-Beuvron

Commune

Church of Saint-Denis

Coat of arms

Neung-sur-Beuvron

Location within Centre-Val de Loire region

Neung-sur-Beuvron

Coordinates: 47°32′10″N 1°48′20″E / 47.5361°N 1.8056°ECoordinates: 47°32′10″N 1°48′20″E / 47.5361°N 1.8056°E

Country

Sologne des étangs

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Guillaume Peltier

Area¹

63 km² (24 sq mi)

Population (2014)²

1,222

• Density

19/km² (50/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

41159 /41210

Elevation

87–122 m (285–400 ft)
(avg. 97 m or 318 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Neung-sur-Beuvron is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

Neung's historic location is situated between two rivers, the Beuvron and the Tharonne. From the air, one can easily see the circular outline of the ancient Gallic and Roman oppidum.

Neung-sur-Beuvron is thought to be the Roman town of Noviodunum Biturigum, in which Vercingetorix and Julius Caesar fought in 52 BC. A few modest Roman remains still survive. A surviving Roman road runs from Neung to La Ferté-Beauharnais, crossing the forest under the name of "les chemins bas" (the low roads).

Joan of Arc also passed through the village after the liberation of Orléans in 1429. This and the battle of 52 BC are commemorated by plaques on the village church.

It is twinned with Williton, Somerset, in the UK and Wulften am Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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