{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Thauvenay |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |arrondissement = Bourges |canton = Sancerre |INSEE = 18262 |postal code = 18300 |mayor = Gabrielle Mattellini<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire|CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.3056|2.8689|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 158 |elevation min m = 142 |elevation max m = 295 |area km2 = 9.86 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Thauvenay''' ({{IPA|fr|tovnɛ}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Cher (department)|Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]] of [[France]].

==Geography== A [[winegrowing]] and [[farming]] village situated on the banks of both the river [[Vauvise]] and the [[canal latéral à la Loire|Loire lateral canal]], about {{convert|33|mi|km}} northeast of [[Bourges]] at the junction of the D920 with the D206, D202 and the D159 roads. The commune is one of 14 permitted to grow grapes for [[Sancerre AOC]] wine. The Vauvise flows northwest through the middle of the commune; the [[Loire]] forms part of its northeastern boundary.

==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left| 1962|250| 1968|255| 1975|293| 1982|274| 1990|295| 1999|302| 2008|347 }} {{clear left}}

==Sights== * A church dating from the twentieth century. * A twelfth-century chapel. * An eighteenth-century chateau. * A restored public [[lavoir|washhouse]].

==See also== *[[Communes of the Cher department]]

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==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://sancerre.cg18.fr/thauvenay/index.html Website about Thauvenay] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Cher communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Cher (department)]]