Lignières, Cher
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Lignières () 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

An area of lakes,
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and
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comprising a village and two hamlets situated by the banks of the river Arnon, some southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D925, D940 and the D65 roads. The commune borders the department of Indre.


Population


Sights

* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century. * The chateau, originally a feudal castle, rebuilt in the seventeenth century. * The chateau du Plessis. * A
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. * A
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. * The sixteenth-century market hall.


Personalities

* Singer Florent Marchet was born here on 21 June 1975. * Claimant to the Spanish throne, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, lives in the chateau.


International relations

Lignières is twinned with:
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, in
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, UK.


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) Berry, France