Decize
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Decize
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- FR-58-Decize29.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Decize on the river Loire
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Decize.svg
- French commune.INSEE
- 58095
- French commune.postal code
- 58300
- French commune.arrondissement
- Nevers
- French commune.canton
- Decize
- French commune.intercommunality
- Sud Nivernais
- French commune.mayor
- Justine Guyot
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Rocher-la-Montagne
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Nevers
- Population
- +4932
- Area
- +48.22
- Elevation
- +203
- Body of water
- Loire
- Shares border with
- Sougy-sur-Loire
- Official website
- www.ville-decize.fr
- Image
- FR-58-Decize33.JPG
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- People
- Demographics
- Tourism
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Decize is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
==Geography== The town is situated on a former island in the Loire ("en Loire assise") at the confluence of the Aron river. The right channel of the Loire was dammed up to reclaim land and now remains as an arm ("la Vieille Loire") stretching upstream to the centre of town. The Loire at this point is an important navigation point as it forms the junction between the Canal du Nivernais and the Canal latéral à la Loire both of which are within the town boundaries.