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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
41.6 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Amand-Montrond

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Saulzais-le-Potier

INSEE/Postal code
  
18089 /18360

Population
  
414 (1999)

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Épineuil-le-Fleuriel is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

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Map of 18360 %C3%89pineuil-le-Fleuriel, France

Geography

An area of lakes, streams and farming consisting of the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the river Cher and the canal de Berry, some 37 miles (60 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D4, D64 and the D97 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the western part of the territory of the commune and it shares a border with the department of Allier.

Sights

  • St Martin's church, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau of Cornançay.
  • The nineteenth-century school and museum of writer Alain-Fournier.
  • A feudal motte with a moat.
  • Traces of another medieval castle.
  • The chateau of Fougerolles.
  • Old tile works at la Bouchatte.
  • A washhouse at Cornançay.

    • Personalities

  • Alain-Fournier, writer, spent his childhood here, where his parents taught at the school. The setting of his novel, Le Grand Meaulnes, is based on the area around the village.

    • References

    Épineuil-le-Fleuriel Wikipedia
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