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Blancafort

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Intercommunality
  
Sauldre et Sologne

Area
  
64.35 km²

Arrondissement
  
Vierzon

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Argent-sur-Sauldre

Population (2008)
  
1,131

Local time
  
Saturday 9:19 PM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 89% Humidity

Blancafort is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Contents

Map of 18410 Blancafort, France

Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some 33 miles (53 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D8, D30 and the D39 roads. The commune has a border with the department of Loiret. A canal was built here in the nineteenth century to ease drainage and provide transport links. The canal de Sauldre was last used commercially in the 1920s.

Sights

  • The church of St.Andre, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The twelfth-century chapel.
  • The fifteenth-century chateau of Blancafort.
  • The twelfth-century chateau de l'Hospital-du-Fresne.
  • A museum of witchcraft.
  • A public washhouse.

    • References

    Blancafort Wikipedia
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