Blancafort, Cher
Blancafort is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Geography
A forestry and farming village situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some north of Bourges at the junction of the D8, D30 and the D39 roads. The commune has a border with the department of Loiret. A canal was built here in the nineteenth century to ease drainage and provide transport links. The canal de Sauldre was last used commercially in the 1920s.Sights
- The church of St. Andre, dating from the eleventh century.
- The twelfth-century chapel.
- The fifteenth-century chateau of Blancafort.
- The twelfth-century chateau de l'Hospital-du-Fresne.
- A museum of witchcraft.
- A public washhouse.