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La Chapelle d'Angillon

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Intercommunality
  
Sauldre et Sologne

Area
  
10.17 km²

Arrondissement
  
Vierzon

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Chapelle-d'Angillon

Population (2008)
  
665

Local time
  
Friday 2:18 AM

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind NW at 2 km/h, 92% Humidity

La Chapelle-d’Angillon is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Contents

Map of 18380 La Chapelle-d'Angillon, France

Geography

A village of lakes, forestry and farming situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some 20 miles (32 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D12, D940 and the D926 roads.

Personalities

  • Alain-Fournier (Henri Alban-Fournier), writer, was born here on October 3, 1886.

    • Sights

  • The church, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The chateau of Béthune, with parts dating from the twelfth century.
  • A museum, in the chateau, dedicated to Alain-Fournier.

    • The City in the Art

    Realization of a sculpture by French artist from Albens Jean-Louis Berthod, in 2014. The board is a tribute to the book of Alain-Fournier, "Meaulnes the Great", but also to the missing persons of the Great War. Insite the board, we can admirate the "Chateau of La Chapelle-d'Angillon".

    References

    La Chapelle-d'Angillon Wikipedia
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