Plaimpied-Givaudins () is a
commune in the
Cher
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department
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Government and military
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in the
Centre-Val de Loire
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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
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, t ...
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
References
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Communes of Cher (department)