Allogny
Encyclopedia
Allogny is a commune
in the Cher department of the Centre region of France
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and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) north of Bourges
, at the junction of the D944 with the D56 and D20 roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Cher department of the Centre region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
An area of forestryForestry
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and farming comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) north of Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
, at the junction of the D944 with the D56 and D20 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Sulpice, dating from the thirteenth century.
- The seventeenth century manorhouse at Beauchêne.
- A feudal motte.
- The war memorial.