Charenton-du-Cher () is a
commune in the
Cher
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department
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Government and military
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in the
Centre-Val de Loire
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region of
France.
Geography
An area of
farming,
forestry and a little
light industry comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the
canal de Berry and the river Marmande, some southeast of
Bourges
Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry.
History
The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, t ...
at the junction of the D951 with the D1 and D953 roads.
Population
Sights
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century.
* The
motte of a tenth-century castle (30m diameter, 10m high).
* A fifteenth-century house on the rue Blanche.
* An old
forge
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and its associated buildings, La "Grosse Forge"
* Remains of the convent abbey of Notre-Dame de Bellevaux, founded in 620.
* The remains of the 15th century
chapel of St. Julien.
* A public
washhouse.
See also
*
Communes of the Cher department
References
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Communes of Cher (department)