Épineuil-le-Fleuriel explained

Épineuil-le-Fleuriel
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton:	Châteaumeillant
Insee:	18089
Postal Code:	18360
Mayor:	Mylène Pierrard^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	46.5597°N 2.5844°W
Elevation M:	183
Elevation Min M:	163
Elevation Max M:	260
Area Km2:	41.6

Épineuil-le-Fleuriel (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Espinuelh de Flurièt) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes, streams and farming consisting of the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the river Cher and the canal de Berry, some 37miles south of Bourges at the junction of the D4, D64 and the D97 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the western part of the territory of the commune and it shares a border with the department of Allier.

Population

Sights

St Martin's church, dating from the twelfth century.
The eighteenth-century chateau of Cornançay.
The nineteenth-century school and museum of writer Alain-Fournier.
A feudal motte with a moat.
Traces of another medieval castle.
The chateau of Fougerolles.
Old tile works at la Bouchatte.
A washhouse at Cornançay.

Personalities

Alain-Fournier, writer, spent his childhood here, where his parents taught at the school. The setting of his novel, Le Grand Meaulnes, is based on the area around the village.

Notes and References

Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.