Country France Department Indre Population (2009) 476 Area 21.25 km² Arrondissement La Châtre | Region Centre-Val de Loire Canton La Châtre Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Wednesday 1:58 AM | |
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Nohant-Vic is a commune in the Indre department in central France.
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Map of 36400 Nohant-Vic, France
It is located near La Châtre, on the D943, approximately 36 km (22 mi) southeast of Châteauroux and consists of two villages, Vic and Nohant, extended along the road.
Geography
The commune lies on the lower Jurassic rocks at the southern margin of the Paris Basin. Just to the south of La Châtre, some twelve kilometres south of Vic, the Variscan-faulted rocks of the Massif Central begin with Cambrian/Ordovician migmatite.
It is near the southern end of the old province of Berry.
Sights
The House of George Sand is a country house dating from late eighteenth century, built for the governor of Vierzon and acquired in 1793 by Madame Dupin de Francueil, grandmother of the writer. George Sand spent her childhood and adolescence there. Most of her writing was done at the house. She received some illustrious guests: Liszt and Marie d'Agoult, Balzac, Chopin and Flaubert. Delacroix had a studio there. The estate is today a property of the nation and run by the Centre des monuments nationaux.
The ancient church in Nohant-Vic is particularly worth visiting for its impressive collection of early wall paintings.