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Saint-Léger-des-Vignes (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ leʒe de viɲ]) is a Burgondian village located in the department of the Nièvre in central France.

Saint-Léger-des-Vignes
Commune
The church in Saint-Léger-des-Vignes
Location of Saint-Léger-des-Vignes
Saint-Léger-des-Vignes
Saint-Léger-des-Vignes
Coordinates: 46°50′27″N 3°27′19″E
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentNièvre
ArrondissementNevers
CantonDecize
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Christophe Fragny[1]
Area
1
9.18 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
1,863
  Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
58250 /58300
Elevation186–265 m (610–869 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography


Saint-Léger-des-Vignes is situated in the South of the Nièvre, on the road D981. It is the beginning point of the Canal du Nivernais and situated on the edge of the river Loire. At the confluence of the Loire, the Aron and at the junction of the Canal du Nivernais and the Canal latéral à la Loire, it is a real crossroads of waterways. The hills of Saint-Léger-des-Vignes are fully facing south. This is the place where vines were planted which gave the name to the village.


History



The name


Over the centuries, Saint-Léger-des-Vignes had several names:


The glass factories


On 29 May 1724, Bernard Borniol built his glass factory on the site of Saint-Léger-des-Vignes, which was called Desize at this time. It closed much later in 1840. However, a second glass factory was created where we can currently find the Fresneau Stadium. Here we produced bottles until its shutting down, 5 December 1931.


The rubber factory


The factory located in Decize (the neighbouring town) was very beneficial for Saint-Léger-des-Vignes. The Kleber factory (which is nowadays Anvis) was opened in 1942. It established the remarkable Fresneau Center where the old glass factory used to be before the 1930s.


Demography


The village had a population of 1,886 inhabitants in 2017.


Sports


Saint-Léger-des-Vignes has an important sports complex, the Fresneau Center where rugby is played in particular. The sports facilities are sometimes praised as the best of the whole Nièvre. Grandstands with a seating capacity of 3,000 spectators (including 300 covered) were built in 1951. Several sports are practiced under the aegis of Esperance Saint-Léger sports association (ESL) (athletics, boxing, canoe-kayak, climbing, gymnastics, judo, table tennis…) but the rugby XV is the most popular. The team which is in factory’s colors (orange and blue), rose the level "National 3" in the 1990s and came close to the level "National 2".


Personalities associated with the commune



See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.

На других языках


[de] Saint-Léger-des-Vignes

Saint-Léger-des-Vignes ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 1.863 Einwohnern (Stand: 1. Januar 2019) im Département Nièvre in der Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Nevers und zum Kanton Decize (bis 2015: Kanton La Machine). Die Einwohner heißen Léogartiens.
- [en] Saint-Léger-des-Vignes

[es] Saint-Léger-des-Vignes

Saint-Léger-des-Vignes es una población y comuna francesa, situada en la región de Borgoña, departamento de Nièvre, en el distrito de Nevers y cantón de La Machine.



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