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Arrondissement Of Vierzon
The arrondissement of Vierzon is an arrondissement of France in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 43 communes. Its population is 70,135 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Vierzon, and their INSEE codes, are: # Allouis (18005) # Argent-sur-Sauldre (18011) # Aubigny-sur-Nère (18015) # Berry-Bouy (18028) # Blancafort (18030) # Brinay (18036) # Brinon-sur-Sauldre (18037) # Cerbois (18044) # La Chapelle-d'Angillon (18047) # Chéry (18064) # Clémont (18067) # Dampierre-en-Graçay (18085) # Ennordres (18088) # Foëcy (18096) # Genouilly (18100) # Graçay (18103) # Ivoy-le-Pré (18115) # Lazenay (18124) # Limeux (18128) # Lury-sur-Arnon (18134) # Massay (18140) # Mehun-sur-Yèvre (18141) # Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre (18147) # Méreau (18148) # Méry-ès-Bois (18149) # Méry-sur-Cher (18150) # Nançay (18159) # Neuvy-sur-Barangeon (18165) # Nohant-en-Graçay (18167) # Oizon (18170) # Presly (18185) # Preuilly (1818 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vierzon
Vierzon () is a commune in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Geography A medium-sized town by the banks of the river Cher with some light industry and an area of forestry and farming to the north. It is situated some northwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D2020, D2076 and the D918 roads. Motorways encircle the town on three sides: the A85 and A71 on the north and east and the A20 on the north and west. Railways reached Vierzon in 1847 and the central SNCF hub Vierzon-Ville station, serving local and nation rail traffic, has been developed here ever since. History Little evidence remains of any pre-Roman occupation, and the Romans themselves didn't leave much trace of their occupation. Not until 926, when a Benedictine monastery was built (on the site of the current Town Hall) are there any records. The monks came from the abbey of Deuvre, at Saint-Georges-sur-la-Prée, after the abbey was sacked by the Normans in 903. They brought with them the relics o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Chapelle-d'Angillon
La Chapelle-d'Angillon () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A village of lakes, forestry and farming situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some north of Bourges at the junction of the D12, D940 and the D926 roads. Population Personalities *Alain-Fournier (Henri Alban-Fournier), writer, was born here on October 3, 1886. Sights * The church, dating from the fifteenth century. * The chateau of Béthune, with parts dating from the twelfth century. * A museum, in the chateau, dedicated to Alain-Fournier. The City in the Art Realization of a sculpture by French artist from Albens Jean-Louis Berthod, in 2014. The board is a tribute to the book of Alain-Fournier, " Meaulnes the Great", but also to the missing persons of the Great War. Insite the board, we can admirate the "Chateau of La Chapelle-d'Angillon". See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Mehun-sur-Yèvre (, literally ''Mehun on Yèvre'') is a commune in the Cher department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Cher (department) Berry, France {{Cher-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massay
Massay () 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 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.http://www.lignes18.fr/PDF/fiches-horaires/235.pdf 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. See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lury-sur-Arnon
Lury-sur-Arnon (, literally ''Lury on Arnon (river), Arnon'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Cher (department), Cher Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region of France. Geography An ancient fortified farming village situated by the river Arnon (river), Arnon, some south of Vierzon at the junction of the D30, D918 and the D68 roads. Population Sights * The church of St. Paul, dating from the nineteenth century. * The castle, dating from the twelfth century. * The restored Gothic architecture, Gothic chapel. * A twelfth-century gatehouse tower. See also *Communes of the Cher department References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lurysurarnon Communes of Cher (department) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limeux, Cher
Limeux () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, situated between the valleys of the rivers Cher and Arnon some south of Vierzon at the junction of the D23 and the D123 roads. Population Sights * The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century. * The castle of Saragosse, built in the fourteenth century. * The thirteenth-century chapel of the old priory A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of mon ... of Saint-Laurent de Manzay. See also * Communes of the Cher department References {{authority control Communes of Cher (department) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazenay
Lazenay () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets, situated at the confluence of the rivers Arnon and Théols, some south of Vierzon at the junction of the D18, D23, D918 and the D229 roads. Population Sights * The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century. * The château of La Ferté, built in 1659. * Two watermills. Personalities * Rémy Pointereau, politician, was born here on 30 March 1953. See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivoy-le-Pré
Ivoy-le-Pré () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the petite Sauldre river, about north of Bourges at the junction of the D55, D12 and the D39 roads and on the D926. Population Sights * The church of St. Aignan, dating from the thirteenth century. * The château d’Ivoy, dating from the seventeenth century. * A disused watermill. Personalities * Nicolas Leblanc, chemist, was born here on December 6, 1742. * Félix Millet, born here in 1844, was the inventor of an early motorbike, the motocyclette. * Rémy Chauvin, biologist and entomologist lived here at the château in the 1990s. See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graçay
Graçay () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography It is a farming area comprising the small town and several hamlets, on the right bank of the Fouzon river, situated some southwest of Vierzon at the junction of the D68, D19, D83 and D922 roads. Junction 9 of the A20 autoroute lies within the territory of the commune. Population Sights * The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century. * The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century. * A dolmen known as the “Pierre Levée" or "Grosse Pierre" . * Remains of medieval ramparts. * The sixteenth-century chateau of Coulon. See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genouilly, Cher
Genouilly () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography Genouilly is a farming area comprising a village and several hamlets situated some west of Vierzon at the junction of the D108, D19 and D164 roads. The commune borders the departments of Loir-et-Cher and Indre. Three small rivers have their source here: the Prée, the Molène and the Perry. Population Sights * The church of St. Symphorien, dating from the twelfth century. * The chateau of Maisonfort, dating from the sixteenth century. * A feudal motte known as "le Marron". * An old priory at Grandmont-Fontblanche. See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foëcy
Foëcy () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of lakes, streams and farming comprising the village and two hamlets, situated in the valleys of both the river Yèvre and the Cher, some southeast of Vierzon at the junction of the D60 and the D30 roads. The disused Canal de Berry, the A71 and the TER railway all pass through the territory of the commune. Population Sights * A war memorial. * The tomb of Louis Lourioux (French link) * The church of St. Denis, dating from the nineteenth century. * The eighteenth-century chateau, with parts from a feudal castle. * A museum of porcelain. See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennordres
Ennordres is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography Ennordres is made up of a rural village and associated small hamlets located among forests and farms in the valley of the Petite Sauldre river, approximately north of Bourges at the junction of the D171, D30 and D181 roads and on the D940 road. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century. * The chateau of L'Echeneau, dating from the seventeenth century. * The chateau of La Motte, dating from the eighteenth century. See also *Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
