Le Châtelet () 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
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
farming area comprising a small town and a few hamlets situated by the banks of the small river Portefeuille, some 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 D 951, D 3 and the D 65 roads.
Population
Sights
* The
abbey church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
* The seventeenth century
manorhouse
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de La Charnaye.
* Trace remains of a 12th-century castle.
* A
pottery museum at the hamlet of Archers.
See also
*
Communes of the Cher department
References
External links
Le Châtelet - Website of the village
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Communes of Cher (department)