Moulins-sur-Céphons () is a

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in the Indre department in central

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. It is located some 6 km to the northwest of the town of

Levroux Levroux () is a commune in the Indre department in central France, to the north of Châteauroux. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Saint-Martin-de-Lamps was merged into Levroux. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps ...

. The village has a medieval

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at its centre, dating from circa 1050. The pioneering railway engineer Eugène Flaman was born in Moulins-sur-Céphons.

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