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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Population (2008)
  
1,518

Area
  
21.88 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Amand-Montrond

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Canton
  
Lignières

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Friday 5:31 PM

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 83% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 18160 Ligni%C3%A8res, France

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a village and two hamlets situated by the banks of the river Arnon, some 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D925, D940 and the D65 roads. The commune borders the department of Indre.

Sights

  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The chateau, originally a feudal castle, rebuilt in the seventeenth century.
  • The chateau du Plessis.
  • A manorhouse.
  • A watermill.
  • The sixteenth-century market hall.

    • Personalities

  • Singer Florent Marchet was born here on 21 June 1975.
  • Claimant to the Spanish throne, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, lives in the chateau.

    • International relations

    Lignières is twinned with: Dunbar, in Scotland, UK.

    References

    Lignières, Cher Wikipedia
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