Bocage bourbonnais
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Brooklyn Museum - A Meadow in the Bourbonnais Morning (Une Prairie du Bourbonnais par un effet de matin) by Henri-Joseph Harpignies
Le Bocage bourbonnais is a small French natural region, west of the Allier department in Auvergne. Its name stems from the ancient province of Bourbonnais.
Situation[]
Le bocage lies in the natural region, west of the Allier and Cher rivers, around Cosne-d'Allier and Bourbon-l'Archambault.
It is surrounded by the following natural regions:[1]
- Limagne bourbonnaise (south)
- Combrailles and le Boischaut Sud (west)
- le Val de Germigny et le Nivernais (north)
- Sologne bourbonnaise (east)
near Gipcy
near Couzon
near Agonges
valley east of Noyant-d'Allier
panorama on Noyant-d'Allier
References[]
- ^ Le Guide des pays de France, Sud, Fayard, 1999
Categories:
- Geography of Allier