Lignières, Cher Explained

Lignières
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Ville fr Lignières(18).svg
Arrondissement:	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton:	Châteaumeillant
Insee:	18127
Postal Code:	18160
Mayor:	Hervé Monjoin^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Arnon Boischaut Cher
Coordinates:	46.7519°N 2.1761°W
Elevation M:	178
Elevation Min M:	153
Elevation Max M:	202
Area Km2:	21.88
Demonym:	Ligniérois, Ligniéroises

Lignières (in French pronounced as /liɲjɛʁ/) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

An area of lakes, forestry and farming comprising a village and two hamlets situated by the banks of the river Arnon, some 24miles southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D925, D940 and the D65 roads. The commune borders the department of Indre.

Sights

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.
• The chateau, originally a feudal castle, rebuilt in the seventeenth century.
• The chateau du Plessis.
• A manorhouse.
• A watermill.
• The sixteenth-century market hall.

Personalities

• Singer Florent Marchet was born here on 21 June 1975.
• Claimant to the Spanish throne, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, lives in the chateau.

International relations

Lignières is twinned with: Dunbar, in Scotland, UK.

See also

• Communes of the Cher department

Notes and References

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