Maisonnais
Encyclopedia
Maisonnais is a commune
in the Cher department in the Centre region
of France
.
, on the D65 road and at the junction of the D70 and the D951 roads. The river forms much of the commune’s south-western border with the department of Indre
.
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 in the Centre region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
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
A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets, situated by the banks of the river Sinaise some 32 miles (51.5 km) south of BourgesBourges
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:...
, on the D65 road and at the junction of the D70 and the D951 roads. The river forms much of the commune’s south-western border with the department of Indre
Indre
Indre is a department in the center of France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are called Indriens.-History:Indre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
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Population
Places of interest
- The remains of several buildings from the medieval prioryPrioryA priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
. - The church of Sts.Peter&Paul, dating from the twelfth century.
- The ornamental gardens of the priory.