Blancafort,_Cher

Blancafort, Cher

Blancafort, Cher

Commune in Centre-Val de Loire, France

Blancafort (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃kafɔʁ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

This article is about the French commune. For the Catalan village, see Blancafort, Tarragona.
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Geography

A forestry and farming village situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some 33 miles (53 km) north of Bourges at the junction of the D8, D30 and the D39 roads. The commune has a border with the department of Loiret. A canal was built here in the nineteenth century to ease drainage and provide transport links. The canal de Sauldre was last used commercially in the 1920s.

Population

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Sights

Museum of witchcraft
  • The church of St. Andre, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The twelfth-century chapel.
  • The fifteenth-century chateau of Blancafort.
  • The twelfth-century chateau de l'Hospital-du-Fresne.
  • A museum of witchcraft.
  • A public washhouse.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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