Decize, Nièvre Département, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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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.

History Decize is an ancient settlement first noted in the Commentarii de Bello Gallico where Julius Caesar settled a dispute involving the Decetiae from whom comes the town's name—in Roman times the town’s name was Decetia in Gallia Lugdunensis. In later times it belonged to the counts of Nevers, from whom it obtained a charter of franchise in 1226.

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Decize has a population of over 5,193 people. Decize also forms part of the wider Nevers Arrondissement which has a population of over 112,705 people. Decize is situated near Nevers.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Decize has links with:

🇩🇪 Betzdorf, Germany
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Antipodal to Decize is: -176.538,-46.83

Locations Near: Decize 3.4619,46.83

🇫🇷 Moulins 3.333,46.565 d: 31  

🇫🇷 Nevers 3.162,46.987 d: 28.7  

🇫🇷 Vichy 3.434,46.13 d: 77.9  

🇫🇷 Avallon 3.902,47.492 d: 80.8  

🇫🇷 Autun 4.283,46.95 d: 63.8  

🇫🇷 Charolles 4.275,46.434 d: 76.1  

🇫🇷 Saint-Amand-Montrond 2.506,46.726 d: 73.7  

🇫🇷 Auxerre 3.566,47.797 d: 107.8  

🇫🇷 Thiers 3.548,45.857 d: 108.4  

🇫🇷 Le Creusot 4.441,46.801 d: 74.6  

Antipodal to: Decize -176.538,-46.83

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17155.5  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16355.1  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16319  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15927.8  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12307.8  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12237.6  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12226.2  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12220.4  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12219.7  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 12210.3  

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