Nohant-en-Goût
Encyclopedia
Nohant-en-Goût is a commune
in the Cher department in the Centre region
of France
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, at the junction of the N151 with the N98 and the D186 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
A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated by the banks of the river Tripande, some 8 miles (12.9 km) east of BourgesBourges
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 N151 with the N98 and the D186 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St. Blaise and the war memorial.
- Vestiges of an old church, dating from the twelfth century.
- The fifteenth century chateau du Préau.
- Traces of an old castle at La Motte.