La Chapelle-d'Angillon () is a commune in the

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department 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 Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the mi ...

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of France.

Geography

A village of lakes,

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and

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situated in the valley of the river

Sauldre The Sauldre (, ) is a long river in central France, a right tributary of the Cher. Its source is near the village of Montigny, southwest of Sancerre. The Sauldre flows generally northwest, through the following departments and towns: * Cher ...

, 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, ...

at the junction of the D12, D940 and the D926 roads.

Population

Personalities

* Alain-Fournier (Henri Alban-Fournier), writer, was born here on October 3, 1886.

Sights

* The church, dating from the fifteenth century. * The chateau of Béthune, with parts dating from the twelfth century. * A museum, in the chateau, dedicated to Alain-Fournier.

The City in the Art

Realization of a sculpture by French artist from Albens Jean-Louis Berthod, in 2014. The board is a tribute to the book of Alain-Fournier, "

Meaulnes the Great ''Le Grand Meaulnes'' () is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier, who was killed in the first month of World War I. The novel, published in 1913, a year before the author's death, is somewhat autobiographical – especially the name of th ...

", but also to the missing persons of the Great War. Insite the board, we can admirate the "Chateau of La Chapelle-d'Angillon". Le Grand Meaulnes de Jean-Louis Berthod

Geography

Population

Personalities

Sights

The City in the Art

See also