La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois
Encyclopedia
La Guerche-sur-l’Aubois is a commune
in the Cher department in the Centre region
of France
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comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Aubois and the canal de Berry
, some 25 miles (40.2 km) southeast of Bourges
, at the junction of the D920 and the D975 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
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of France
France
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Geography
An area of farming and forestryForestry
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comprising a small town and several hamlets situated by the banks of the river Aubois and the canal de Berry
Canal de Berry
The Canal de Berry is a disused canal in France which links the Canal latéral à la Loire at Marseilles-lès-Aubigny with the Cher at Noyers rejoining the Loire near Tours. With a branch from Montluçon it provided of canal with locks wide from 1840 until its closure in 1955...
, some 25 miles (40.2 km) southeast 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 D920 and the D975 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- Vestiges of Gallo-Roman occupation.
- The Château Renaud, dating from the fifteenth century.
- Two watermillWatermillA watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
s, at Faguin and l'Oie. - The church of St.Etienne, dating from the twelfth century.
- An old ironworksIronworksAn ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e...
. - The fifteenth century manorhouse at Chezelles.