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Communauté D'agglomération Bourges Plus
The Communauté d'agglomération Bourges Plus is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Bourges. It is located in the Cher department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, central France. It was created 21 October 2002.CA Bourges Plus (N° SIREN : 241800507) BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022. Its area is 417.3 km2. Its population was 102,679 in 2018, of which 64,668 in Bourges proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022. Composition The communauté d'agglomération ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourges
Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry. History The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, the name of the original inhabitants, or from the Germanic word ''Burg'' (French: ''bourg''; Spanish: ''burgo''; English, others: ''burgh'', ''berg'', or ''borough''), for "hill" or "village". The Celts called it ''Avaricon''; Latin-speakers: ''Avaricum''. In the fourth century BC, as in the time of Caesar, the area around it was the center of a Gallic (Celtic) confederacy. In 52 BC, the sixth year of the Gallic Wars, while the Gauls implemented a scorched-earth policy to try to deny Caesar's forces supplies, the inhabitants of Avaricum begged not to have their town burned. It was temporarily spared due to its good defences provided by the surrounding marshes, by a river that nearly encircled it, and by a strong southern wall. Julius Caes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lissay-Lochy
Lissay-Lochy () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A farming area comprising a small village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Rampenne, some south of Bourges, at the junction of the D2144, D34 and the D217 roads. The A71 autoroute forms much of the eastern border of the commune. Population Sights * The church of St. Hilaire, dating from the thirteenth century. * Traces of a Roman villa at Verrieres. 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] |
Vorly
Vorly () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated about south of Bourges, at the junction of the D34 with the D71 road. Population Sights * The church of St. Saturnin, dating from the fifteenth century. * The fourteenth-century chateau of Bois-Sir-Amé. * A feudal motte. 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) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouy
Trouy () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of farming and a little light industry, comprising the village, several hamlets and a suburb situated just south of Bourges city centre, at the junction of the D31, D73 and the D107 roads. The A71 autoroute passes through the commune along with the N144 and N142 roads. Population Sights * The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century. Image:JmlacHPIM0560.JPG, The mairie Image:jmlacHPIM0564.JPG, The war memorial Image:jmlacHPIM0558.JPG, The well, on the rue du Mai Image:jmlacHPIM0566.JPG, The chateau 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] |
Saint-Michel-de-Volangis
Saint-Michel-de-Volangis () 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 by the banks of the Langis river, some northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D955 with the D33 and the D186 roads. Population Sights * The church of St. Michel, dating from the twelfth century. * The chateau of Turly, built in the fifteenth 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):Communes of Cher (department) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Just, Cher
Saint-Just () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of the canal de Berry and the river Auron, about southeast of Bourges at the junction of the D2076 with the D46e and on the D106 road. Population Sights * The church of St. Just, dating from the twelfth century. * The chateau de Boisvert, built in the seventeenth century. * The fourteenth-century castle of Chambon. * The remains of a Roman aqueduct. 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] |
Saint-Germain-du-Puy
Saint-Germain-du-Puy () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of both farming and light industry comprising a small suburban town and several hamlets situated on the banks of the rivers Colin and Yèvre, immediately east of Bourges at the junction of the N151 with the N142, D955 and D151 roads. Population 53.3% of the population in Saint-Germain-du-Puy is more than 45 years old. Sights * The church of St. Germain, dating from the twentieth century. * The château de Villemenard, built in the sixteenth century, now a farm. * The two 16th-century watermills. * The remains of a Roman aqueduct. 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] |
Saint-Doulchard
Saint-Doulchard () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It is on the outskirts of Bourges. History In Roman times, it was named Ampeliacum, which literally means "the vineyard hillsides", where they grew grapes. In the Middle Ages, it was home to Dulcardus, a hermit monk who gave his name to the place - St. Doulchard, by then just a village with a small church and bell tower. With the introduction of railways in the nineteenth century and the Michelin tyre factory in 1950, the commune has grown, attracting businesses, jobs and an ever increasing population. Geography An area of both farming and light industry comprising a small suburban town and several hamlets situated along the banks of the Yèvre and the canal de Berry, immediately to the west of Bourges at the junction of the D104 with the D60 and the N76 with the D400 road. Population Sights * The church, dating from the eleventh century. * The chateau of Varye, built in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaimpied-Givaudins
Plaimpied-Givaudins () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A farming area comprising the two villages and several hamlets situated along the banks of the river Auron and the canal de Berry, immediately to the south of Bourges at the junction of the D106 with the N142 and with the D31 and the D46 roads. The river has been dammed and has created an lake in the north of the commune. Population Sights * The abbey church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century. * The chateau du Porche. * The fourteenth-century gatehouse of the old abbey. * Remains of a Roman aqueduct at Saint-Ladre. 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] |
Morthomiers
Morthomiers () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography An area of forestry and farming comprising the village and a hamlet situated some southwest of Vierzon at the junction of the D16 and the D135 roads. The commune lies on the pilgrimage route known as Saint James's Way. 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) ... [...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] |
Marmagne, Cher
Marmagne () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A farming area comprising a large village and several small hamlets situated by the banks of the Yèvre river and the canal de Berry, some west of Bourges at the junction of the D160, D214 and the D107 roads. The A71 autoroute cuts across the middle of the commune’s territory, which is also served by a TER railway. Population Sights * The church of St. Denis, dating from the thirteenth century. * Several seventeenth-century buildings. * The seventeenth-century chateau of Marmagne. * The thirteenth-century abbey at Beauvoir. 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] |
