Jars, Cher
Encyclopedia
Jars is a commune
in the Cher department in the Centre region
of France
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and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Sauldre
, some 24 miles (38.6 km) northeast of Bourges
, at the junction of the D923, D55 and the D47 roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Cher department in the Centre region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
of France
France
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Geography
An area of forestryForestry
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and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the river Sauldre
Sauldre
The Sauldre is a river in central France, right tributary of the river Cher. Its source is near the village Montigny, southwest of Sancerre. The Sauldre flows generally northwest through the following départements and towns:...
, some 24 miles (38.6 km) northeast of Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
, at the junction of the D923, D55 and the D47 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Aignan, dating from the fifteenth century.
- Traces of the castle of Nancray.
- An eighteenth-century house, the "Tisserands" and mill at the hamlet of Plansons-d'en-Bas.
- A fifteenth-century manorhouse with twin towers from an old gateway.