Prissac () is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Indre Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ ...

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in central France.

Gaston Chérau Gaston Chérau (6 November 1872 – 20 April 1937) was a French man of letters and journalist. Biography The son of an industrialist, Gaston Chérau died in Boston during a lecture tour. A journalist and chronicler, he regularly gave the press ...

(1872–1937), a writer and member of the

Académie Goncourt The Société littéraire des Goncourt (Goncourt Literary Society), usually called the Académie Goncourt (Goncourt Academy), is a French literary organisation based in Paris. It was founded in 1900 by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Go ...

is buried in Prissac.

Geography

The commune is located in the

parc naturel régional de la Brenne The parc naturel régional de la Brenne (; ) is an large regional nature park located in the French department of Indre, France. It was founded December 22, 1982. Of old, ''La Brenne'' was a region in the old French provinces of Berry and Tourai ...

. The river

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flows west through the southern part of the commune, then flows into the

Anglin The Anglin () is a long river in the Creuse, Indre and Vienne departments in central France. Its source is near Azerables. It flows generally northwest. It is a right tributary of the Gartempe, into which it flows near Angles-sur-l'Anglin. ...

, which forms all of its southwestern border.

Geography

Population

See also