Nevers

**Nevers** is a *commune* in the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France. It is the *préfecture* (capital) of the department.

It is the main city of the department and one of the largest city of the region, after Dijon and Chalon-sur-Saône.

## History
The name of the city comes from the name of the *Nièvre* river. Julius Caesar named the town as ***Noviodunum*** but later was named as ***Nebirnum***, after the name of the river.

Nevers was the capital of the old province of *Nivernais* and became the capital of Nièvres on 4 March 1790 with the creation of the departments in France.

## Geography
Nevers is at about  to the southeast of Paris, on the confluence of the Loire and the Nièvre rivers.

It has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .

Nevers is surrounded by the *communes* Varennes-Vauzelles, Coulanges-lès-Nevers, Saint-Éloi, Sermoise-sur-Loire, Challuy and Marzy.

### Climate
The Köppen climate classification type for Nevers is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype **Cfb**.

The average temperature for the year in Nevers is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month, on average is January, with an average temperature of .

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Nevers is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of .

With a population of 34,485, Nevers has a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

**Evolution of the population in Nevers**

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Nevers forms, together with other 6 *communes*, the urban area of Nevers with a population of 59,444 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Nevers, formed by 57 *communes*, with a population of 100,768 inhabitants (2013) and an area of .

## Administration
Nevers is the prefecture of the Nièvre department, the capital of the *arrondissement* of Nevers and the administrative centre () of four cantons:
* Nevers-1 formed by the *commune* Coulanges-lès-Nevers and part of Nevers, with 11,738 inhabitants (2014).
* Nevers-2 formed by 3 *communes* and part of Nevers, with 11,570 inhabitants (2014).
* Nevers-3 formed by 3 *communes* and part of Nevers, with 11,874 inhabitants (2014).
* Nevers-4 formed by a part of Nevers, with 10,448 inhabitants (2014).

It is part of the intercommunality *Nevers Agglomération* ().

### Twin towns 
Nevers is twinned with:

*  Mantua, Italy
*  Charleville-Mézières, France
*  Koblenz, Germany
*  Lund, Sweden
*  Minsk, Belarus
*  Neubrandenburg, Germany
*  St Albans, United Kingdom
*  Hammamet, Tunisia
*  Curtea de Argeș, Romania
*  Siedlce, Poland
*  Erzsébetváros, Budapest, Hungary

## Places of interest
Some interesting places in Nevers are:
* The **Nevers Cathedral** (*Cathédrale Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte*) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, dedicated to Saints Cyricus and Julitta.
* The **Palais Ducal** ("Ducal Palace", now occupied by the courts of justice and an important ceramic museum) was built in the 15th and 16th centuries.
* The **Porte du Croux**, a square tower dating from the end of the 14th century.

## Education 
* Institut supérieur de l'automobile et des transports

## Gallery

File:Nevers-Loirebréck--w.jpg|Nevers cathedral.
File:MarcJP46 CathedraleNevers 02.JPG|*Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte* cathedral in Nevers.
File:Nevers-Palais ducal.JPG|*Palais Ducal*.
File:Nevers croux.jpg|*Porte du Croux*.
File:15 Bec d'allier (Vue de cuffy 18).jpg|Confluence of the Loire and Allier rivers.

## References
## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Nièvre department
* Communes of the Nièvre department

## Other websites
* Ville de Nevers - official website 
* Nevers Office of Tourism