Nérondes () 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 (, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior ...

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of France. The philologist Antoine Cabaton (1863–1942) was born in Nérondes.

Geography

An area of lakes and streams,

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and

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comprising a village and several hamlets situated some southeast of

Bourges Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...

, at the junction of the D976 with the D6, D26 and D43 roads. The rivers

Vauvise The Vauvise () is a long river in the Cher department in central France. Its source is at Nérondes. It flows generally north. It is a left tributary of the Loire The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st ...

and

Airain The Airain or Airin () is a long river in the Cher department in central France. Its source is at Nérondes. It flows generally west, with a U shape. It is a left tributary of the Yèvre, into which it flows at Savigny-en-Septaine, southeast ...

have their sources in the commune.

Population

Sights

* The church of St. Etienne, dating from the twelfth century. * A sixteenth-century washhouse. * The thirteenth-century chateau of Verrières. * Some

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remains. * A

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References

External links

Official website of the commune
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nerondes Communes of Cher (department) Bourbonnais

Geography

Population

Sights

See also

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