Plou, Cher

Plou
Commune
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Coordinates: 47°00′55″N 2°09′20″E / 47.0153°N 2.1556°E / 47.0153; 2.1556Coordinates: 47°00′55″N 2°09′20″E / 47.0153°N 2.1556°E / 47.0153; 2.1556
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Chârost
Intercommunality	Fercher - Pays florentais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Chabance[1]
Area 1	33.21 km2 (12.82 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	534
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18181 /18290
Elevation	122–161 m (400–528 ft) (avg. 152 m or 499 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plou is a commune in the Cher département in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography[]

An area of farming and forestry comprising a small village and several hamlets situated some 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D190, D114 and the D16e roads.

Population[]

Sights[]

• The church of St. Pierre, originally from the 11th century, was partly reconstructed after the English occupation during the Hundred Years' War. The interior wooden vaults date from the 11th century.
• The ruins of a 14th-century castle, the Château de Font-Moreau.
• The château of Castelnau at Brouillamnon was originally a wooden castle, rebuilt in stone around 1100. It was transformed into a Renaissance home in 1541. In its present form, it dates from the 18th century.

Personalities[]

• Théophile Marion Dumersan, dramatist, was born here on 4 January 1780.

References[]

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