Sury-ès-Bois
Encyclopedia
Sury-ès-Bois is a commune
in the Cher department in the Centre region
of France
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some 32 miles (51.5 km) northeast of Bourges
at the junction of the D13, D926 and the D74 roads. The commune’s territory is the source of several small rivers.
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
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
A large farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated at the border with the departement of LoiretLoiret
Loiret is a department in north-central FranceThe department is named after the river Loiret, a tributary of the Loire. The Loiret is located wholly within the department.- History :...
some 32 miles (51.5 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 D13, D926 and the D74 roads. The commune’s territory is the source of several small rivers.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The manorhouse of l'Asnerie.
- Traces of the old prioryPrioryA priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
of Saint-Anne. - The thirteenth century chapel of the château de Charpignon.