Nevers Facts for Kids

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 260 km (160 mi) to the southeast of Paris, on the confluence of the Loire and the Nièvre rivers.

It has an area of 17.33 km² (6.69 sq mi) and its average altitude is 203 m (666 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 201 m (659 ft).

Nevers and its neighboring *communes*

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

	Varennes-Vauzelles and Coulanges-lès-Nevers
Marzy		Saint-Éloi
	Nevers

Challuy		Sermoise-sur-Loire

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 10.9 °C (51.6 °F). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 19.2 °C (66.6 °F). The coolest month, on average is January, with an average temperature of 3.5 °C (38.3 °F).

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Nevers is 607.1 mm (23.90 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is May with 73.7 mm (2.90 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of 27.9 mm (1.10 in).

Climate data for Nevers, France
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	6.7 (44.1)	8.3 (46.9)	12.4 (54.3)	15.4 (59.7)	19.4 (66.9)	22.8 (73.0)	25.5 (77.9)	25.2 (77.4)	21.4 (70.5)	16.7 (62.1)	10.5 (50.9)	7.1 (44.8)	15.9 (60.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	3.5 (38.3)	4.1 (39.4)	7.1 (44.8)	9.7 (49.5)	13.7 (56.7)	16.9 (62.4)	19.2 (66.6)	18.8 (65.8)	15.3 (59.5)	11.9 (53.4)	6.7 (44.1)	4.0 (39.2)	10.9 (51.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.2 (32.4)	−0.1 (31.8)	1.8 (35.2)	3.9 (39.0)	7.9 (46.2)	10.9 (51.6)	12.8 (55.0)	12.3 (54.1)	9.1 (48.4)	7.0 (44.6)	2.8 (37.0)	0.8 (33.4)	5.8 (42.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	31.7 (1.25)	28.8 (1.13)	37.4 (1.47)	44.7 (1.76)	74.2 (2.92)	64.2 (2.53)	66.8 (2.63)	57.0 (2.24)	57.8 (2.28)	56.9 (2.24)	40.1 (1.58)	47.7 (1.88)	607.3 (23.91)
Source: Weatherbase.com [1]

Population

With a population of 36,210, Nevers has a population density of 2,089 inhabitants/km².

The inhabitants of Nevers are known, in French, as Nivernais (women: Nivernaises) but they are also known as Neversois (women: Neversoises), leaving Nivernais for the people of the department.

Administration

Nevers is the préfecture of the Nièvre department since 1800. It is also the capital of four Cantons:

Nevers-1, formed with part of Nevers and the commune Coulanges-lès-Nevers
Nevers-2, formed with part of Nevers and part of the communes Magny-Cours, Saint-Éloi and Sermoise-sur-Loire
Nevers-3, formed with part of Nevers and part of the communes Challuy, Gimouille and Saincaize-Meauce
Nevers-4, formed with part of Nevers

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.

Sister cities

Nevers is twinned with:

Mantua, Italy, since 1959 Charleville-Mézières, France, since 1959 Koblenz, Germany, since 1963 Lund, Sweden, since 1967 Neubrandenburg, Germany, since 1973 St Albans, United Kingdom, since 1974 Hammamet, Tunisia, since 1984	Curtea de Argeș, Romania, since 1990 Siedlce, Poland, since 2002 Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia Stavroupoli, Greece, since 2004 Asmara, Eritrea Taizhou, China, since 2006 Erzsébetváros, Budapest, Hungary