Saint-Maur, Cher
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Saint-Maur () is a
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in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire
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of
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Geography

A
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area comprising the village and four hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Portefeuille, about south of Bourges at the junction of the D62 with the D65 and the D127 roads.


Population


Sights

* The church of St. Maur, dating from the thirteenth century. * Two fifteenth-century castles, Mazères and Grande Besse. * A dolmen, known as the "''Pierre des Fées''" (fairy stone).


See also

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Communes of the Cher department The following is a list of the 287 communes of the Cher department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Cher (department)