Decize

<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2>
<p>The town is situated on a former <a href="/facts/Island/46Apq1bJ">island</a> in the <a href="/facts/Loire/CD3bEb6h">Loire</a> ("<i>en Loire assise</i>") at the <a href="/facts/Confluence/3ygntlsh">confluence</a> of the <a href="/facts/Aron_(Loire)/W6WrIJb6">Aron</a> river. The right channel of the Loire was dammed up to reclaim land and now remains as an arm ("<i>la Vieille Loire</i>") stretching upstream to the centre of town. The Loire at this point is an important navigation point as it forms the junction between the <i><a href="/facts/Canal_du_Nivernais/rpwLkBbV">Canal du Nivernais</a></i> and the <i><a href="/facts/Canal_lat%25C3%25A9ral_%25C3%25A0_la_Loire/cU0z0fGU">Canal latéral à la Loire</a></i> both of which are within the town boundaries.
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<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Decize is an ancient settlement first noted in the <i><a href="/facts/Commentarii_de_Bello_Gallico/FQaJPwF9">Commentarii de Bello Gallico</a></i> where <a href="/facts/Julius_Caesar/ptR603Gv">Julius Caesar</a> settled a dispute involving the <i>Decetiae</i> from whom comes the town's name—in Roman times the town’s name was Decetia in <i><a href="/facts/Gallia_Lugdunensis/0prTTfWU">Gallia Lugdunensis</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> In later times it belonged to the <a href="/facts/Counts_and_dukes_of_Nevers/pCPa8NBG">counts of Nevers</a>, from whom it obtained a <a href="/facts/Jurisdiction/0Kb8hao4">charter of franchise</a> in 1226.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="people">People</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Guy_Coquille/BqcQcXmL">Guy Coquille</a> (1523–1603), French jurist, was born here. There is a statue of him in the town.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Louis_de_Saint-Just/HqRycIg9">Louis de Saint-Just</a> (1767–1794), a major figure in the <a href="/facts/French_Revolution/PIkDlrC0">French Revolution</a>, was born here.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Marguerite_Monnot/3SsXCFKG">Marguerite Monnot</a> (1903–1961), songwriter and composer</li></ul>
<h2 id="demographics">Demographics</h2>
Historical population<table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Pop.</th><th>±% p.a.</th></tr><tr><th>1968 </th><td>7,175</td><td>—    </td></tr><tr><th>1975 </th><td>7,528</td><td>+0.69%</td></tr><tr><th>1982 </th><td>7,437</td><td>−0.17%</td></tr><tr><th>1990 </th><td>6,876</td><td>−0.98%</td></tr><tr><th>1999 </th><td>6,456</td><td>−0.70%</td></tr><tr><th>2007 </th><td>5,903</td><td>−1.11%</td></tr><tr><th>2012 </th><td>5,711</td><td>−0.66%</td></tr><tr><th>2017 </th><td>5,393</td><td>−1.14%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Source: INSEE<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="tourism">Tourism</h2>
<p>In 2011 a new port for pleasure boats in the "Bassin de la Jonction" between the Lateral Canal and the Loire was opened.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Communes_of_the_Ni%25C3%25A8vre_department/CSBtGXsl">Communes of the Nièvre department</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li><a href="http://www.ville-decize.fr">Official website</a> (in French)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>INSEE commune file <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/58095-decize" target="_blank">https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/58095-decize</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Decetia, Decize". Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire. Retrieved 1 June 2021. <a href="http://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/places/2248.html" target="_blank">http://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/places/2248.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Decize". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 913. <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" target="_blank">/wiki/Public_domain</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Chisholm 1911. - Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Decize". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 913. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE <a href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-58095#ancre-POP_T1" target="_blank">https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-58095#ancre-POP_T1</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Nièvre : le port de Decize élargit son offre". France 3. 3 June 2015. <a href="https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/nievre/nievre-le-port-de-decize-elargit-son-offre-738395.html" target="_blank">https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/nievre/nievre-le-port-de-decize-elargit-son-offre-738395.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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