Saint-Satur

History

Located in the area of Gaul settled by the powerful Celtic tribe, the Bituriges, or the "Kings of the World", and after their defeat at Bourges (Avaricum), part of Roman Aquitania. Some evidence points to the existence of an early Roman river town of Gordona (Castle-Gordon), now Saint-Thibault and Saint-Satur; located on the Roman road (Gordaine) from Bourges to the Roman bridge over the Loire in Saint-Thibault. An Augustinian abbey was founded in Saint-Satur in 1034. During the Hundred Years' War, the Augustine Abbey was destroyed. Area transportation was improved by the construction of a suspension bridge at Saint-Thibault (1834), the Canal latéral à la Loire (1838) and later, the Bourges - Sancerre - Cosne-sur-Loire railroad line (1885). During World War II, Saint-Satur, with Sancerre, was a regional command center for the French Resistance. "Operation Spencer" in 1944 was to prevent the Germans from crossing the Loire River between Gien and Nevers and reinforcing troops in Brittany. The French Resistance and Free French Forces blew up the bridge at Saint-Thibault and sabotaged communication, road and railway lines.

Geography

In the south-eastern part of the commune, the river Vauvise flows into the Loire, which forms all of the commune's eastern boundary.

Most-observed species

• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,110
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  949
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  898
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  822
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  760
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  705
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  692
• Common Pipistrelle

  Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia
  545

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2008-08-17
  6 km WNW of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, France
• M 2.7 — 2005-05-13
  7 km WSW of Vermenton, France
• M 2.7 — 2004-01-30
  5 km ESE of Valençay, France
• M 2.7 — 2003-05-21
  France