La Chapelle-d'Angillon

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La Chapelle-d'Angillon (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A village of lakes, forestry and farming situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some Template:Convert north of Bourges at the junction of the D12, D940 and the D926 roads.

Population

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Personalities

  • Alain-Fournier (Henri Alban-Fournier), writer, was born here on 3 October 1886.

Sights

  • The church, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The chateau of Béthune, with parts dating from the twelfth century.
  • A museum, in the chateau, dedicated to Alain-Fournier.

The city in the art

Realization of a sculpture by French artist from Albens Jean-Louis Berthod, in 2014. The board is a tribute to the book of Alain-Fournier, "Meaulnes the Great", but also to the missing persons of the Great War. Insite the board, we can admirate the "Chateau of La Chapelle-d'Angillon".

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Sculpture "Le Grand Meaulnes"/"Meaulnes the Great" of Jean-Louis Berthod from Albens, France, realized in 2014

See also

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