Presly () is a
commune in the
Cher
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department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in the
Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...
region of
France.
Geography
A large area of streams, lakes,
forestry and
farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated some north 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 D12, D58 and the D30 roads.
The river
Rère has its source near the hamlet of Sommerère in the southeastern part of the commune. It flows northwest through the middle of the commune, enters the territory of
Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre and flows back southwest in the northwestern part of Presly.
Population
Sights
* The church of St. Caprais, dating from the thirteenth century.
* The seventeenth-century chateau La Planche.
See also
*
Communes of the Cher department
References
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Communes of Cher (department)