Massay
Commune
The Abbey of Saint-Martin
Coat of arms
Location of Massay
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Coordinates: 47°09′17″N 1°59′36″E / 47.1547°N 1.9933°E / 47.1547; 1.9933
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Intercommunality	CC Vierzon-Sologne-Berry
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Lévêque[1]
Area 1	47.94 km2 (18.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,348
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18140 /18120
Elevation	99–164 m (325–538 ft) (avg. 123 m or 404 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Massay (French pronunciation: [masɛ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry, comprising the village and several hamlets, the commune is situated by the banks of the river Garreau some 8 miles (13 km) south of Vierzon, at the junction of the A20 and the D75 roads.

Transport

From Monday to Saturday there are a few buses to and from Vierzon.^[3]

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Paxent, dating from the twelfth century.
• The thirteenth-century abbey buildings (Salle capitulaire). See Simon-Jérôme Bourlet de Vauxcelles, abbot of Massay
• The twelfth-century chapel of Saint-Loup.