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Chezal Benoît

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Intercommunality
  
Pays d’Issoudun

Area
  
46.46 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Amand-Montrond

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Lignières

Population (2008)
  
866

Local time
  
Saturday 4:14 PM

Chezal-Benoît

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 78% Humidity

Chezal-Benoît is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Contents

Map of 18160 Chezal-Beno%C3%AEt, France

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, farming and forestry comprising a village and a couple of hamlets situated in the valley of the small river Mouzet, some 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Bourges at the junction of the D18 with the D65 and the D115 roads. The commune shares its western border with the department of Indre.

Sights

  • The abbey church of St.Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A windmill.
  • Other buildings from the Benedictine abbey.

    • References

    Chezal-Benoît Wikipedia
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