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Orcenais

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Cher

Canton
  
Saint-Amand-Montrond

Area
  
18.93 km²

Region
  
Centre-Val de Loire

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Amand-Montrond

Intercommunality
  
Cœur de France

Local time
  
Sunday 8:32 AM

Orcenais

Weather
  
8°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 75% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 18200 Orcenais, France

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising a village and several hamlets situated some 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bourges, near the junction of the D925 with the D112 road. The small river Vilaine forms most of the commune’s eastern border.

Sights

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A sixteenth-century manorhouse.
  • A fifteenth-century chapel.
  • The cemetery cross, bearing the date of 1488.

    • References

    Orcenais Wikipedia
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