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Méry sur Cher

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Canton
  
Vierzon-2

Local time
  
Thursday 5:03 PM

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Arrondissement
  
Vierzon

Area
  
20.91 km²

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Intercommunality
  
Vierzon Pays des cinq Rivières

Weather
  
8°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 76% Humidity

Méry-sur-Cher is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre region of France.

Contents

Map of 18100 M%C3%A9ry-sur-Cher, France

Geography

A village of farming and forestry situated by the banks of the Cher River some 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Vierzon, at the junction of the N76 and the D211 roads. The now disused Canal de Berry passes through the south of the commune.

Sights

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The sixteenth-century chateau of Mery.
  • The seventeenth-century chateau La Foret.
  • The nineteenth-century chateau Gaillard.

    • Personalities

    Cyprian Godebski (1835–1909), sculptor and painter was born here.

    References

    Méry-sur-Cher Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA