Le Bocage bourbonnais is a small French natural region, west of the Allier department in Auvergne (region), Auvergne. Its name stems from the ancient province of Bourbonnais.
Situation
Le bocage lies in the Bourbonnais region, Bourbonnais natural region, west of the Allier (river), Allier and Cher (river), Cher rivers, around Cosne-d'Allier and Bourbon-l'Archambault.
It is surrounded by the following natural regions:
[''Le Guide des pays de France, Sud'', Fayard, 1999]
* Limagne, Limagne bourbonnaise (south)
* Combrailles and le Boischaut, Boischaut Sud (west)
* le Val de Germigny et le Nivernais (north)
* Sologne, Sologne bourbonnaise (east)
Image:BOCAGE près de GIPCY, Allier ,dans le Bourbonnais.jpg, near Gipcy
Image:Départementale 13 COUZON Allier, Bourbonnais..jpg,
Image:Bocage COUZON Allier Bourbonnais.jpg, near Couzon
Image:AGONGES, Paysage Boubonnais..jpg, near Agonges
Image:NOYANT Vallée à l'est du village..jpg, valley east of Noyant-d'Allier
Image:NOYANT.jpg, panorama on Noyant-d'Allier
References
Geography of Allier