Editing Nièvre (section)

{{short description|Department of France}}
{{for|the river|Nièvre (Loire)}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Nièvre
| native_name             = 
| native_name_lang        = fr<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead -->
| type                    = [[Departments of France|Department of France]]
| image_skyline           = Cathedral of Nevers 08.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = A view of the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the Nièvre department, the city of [[Nevers]], on the river [[Loire]], with [[Nevers Cathedral]] in the background
| image_flag              = Drapeau fr département Nièvre.svg
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Blason département fr Nièvre.svg
| shield_alt              = 
| nickname                = 
| motto                   = 
| image_map               = Nièvre-Position.svg
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Location of Nièvre in France
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| coordinates             = {{coord|47|05|N|03|30|E|region:FR-58_type:adm2nd_scale:1000000_source:frwiki|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint           = 
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[France]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of France|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]]
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
| seat_type               = [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]]
| seat                    = [[Nevers]]
| parts_type              = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefectures]]
| parts_style             = para
| p1                      = [[Château-Chinon (Ville)|Château-Chinon]]<br />[[Clamecy, Nièvre|Clamecy]]<br />[[Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire]]
| government_footnotes    = 
| leader_party            = [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| leader_title            = [[List of presidents of departmental councils (France)|President of the Departmental Council]]
| leader_name             = Fabien Bazin<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/601ef073-d986-4582-8e1a-ed14dc857fba|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_magnitude          = 
| area_footnotes          = {{ref|area|1}}
| area_total_km2          = 6817
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| population_total        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_as_of        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}}
| population_rank         = [[List of French departments by population|89th]]
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         = 
| blank_name_sec1         = [[Departments of France|Department number]]
| blank_info_sec1         = 58
| blank_name_sec2         = [[Arrondissements of France|Arrondissements]]
| blank_info_sec2         = [[Arrondissements of the Nièvre department|4]]
| blank1_name_sec2        = [[Cantons in France|Cantons]]
| blank1_info_sec2        = [[Cantons of the Nièvre department|17]]
| blank2_name_sec2        = [[Communes in France|Communes]]
| blank2_info_sec2        = [[Communes of the Nièvre department|309]]
| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
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| area_code               = 
| iso_code                = FR-58
| website                 = 
| footnotes               = {{note|area|1}} French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km<sup>2</sup>.
}}

'''Nièvre''' ({{IPA|fr|njɛvʁ|IPA|Fr-Paris--Nièvre.ogg}}) is a [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]] [[Regions of France|region]], central-east [[France]]. Named after the river [[Nièvre (Loire)|Nièvre]], it had a population of 204,452 in 2019.<ref name="frenchentree.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.frenchentree.com/french-property/regional-property-guides/a-guide-to-the-departments-of-bourgogne-franche-comte/|title=A Guide to the Departments of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - New Regions|date=13 October 2016|website=frenchentree.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep58.pdf Populations légales 2019: 58 Nièvre], INSEE</ref> Its [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] is [[Nevers]].

Covering an area 6,817 square kilometres (2,632 sq mi), Nièvre is landlocked between six other departments: [[Yonne]] to the north, [[Côte-d'Or]] to the east, [[Saône-et-Loire]] to the southeast, [[Allier]] to the south, [[Cher (department)|Cher]] to the west and [[Loiret]] to the northwest.
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