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- Vierzon, city, Cher département, Centre région, central France. It lies along the Canal du Berry, at the confluence of the Cher and Yèvre rivers, northwest of Bourges. The city grew from a rail and industrial complex formed in 1938 from several small communes (Vierzon-Ville, Vierzon-Village, Vierzon-Forges, and Vierzon-Bourgneuf).
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Railways reached Vierzon in 1847 and the central SNCF hub Vierzon-Ville station, serving local and nation rail traffic, has been developed here ever since. History. Little evidence remains of any pre- Roman occupation, and the Romans themselves didn't leave much trace of their occupation.
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- Musée de Vierzon
- Square Lucien Beaufrère
- Beffroi de Vierzon
- Église Notre-Dame
- Musée Des Fours Banaux
- Esplanade La Française
- Canal de Berry
- Site de La Maison de L’Eau
- Villa de Quincy
- Abbaye Saint-Martin de Massay
Commended with the “Musée de France” label, Vierzon’s town museum handles several strands from its past. One of these is Vierzon’s evolution as a railway town after 1847, so there are tools, lamps, posters and models from the old Vierzon depot. The town also had a booming porcelain industry around the turn of the 20th century and there are several ...
One of the most special spots in Vierzon is this garden on an islet between the Yèvre River and the Canal de Berry. The plot was bought by the town from the Abbey of Saint-Pierre in the 20s and was landscaped in a methodical Art Deco style by the architect Eugène-Henry Karcher. He went as far as determining the colours of the plants and trees, and ...
Vierzon’s venerable belfry is actually an old gate, known as the Porte Banier, which was the main entrance to the lost Château de Vierzon. It’s the last surviving fragment of this castle and was built in the 1200s. But much later, when Vierzon’s town defences were all pulled down in the 1800s, the was capped with a clock and bell. These came from t...
Vierzon’s main church first went up in the 1100s before being remodelled a few times since. Come to poke around a little because there’s a lot of historic traces from a variety of eras surviving. The bell-tower dates to the 1200s, while there’s a fine organ inside from the 1600s. Also worth your attention is a Romanesque sculpted holy water as old ...
This cute little museum reveals a side to everyday French medieval life that you don’t usually get to see. It contains two 15th-century communal ovens, unique in the entire region, where the town’s residents would bake their own bread. These stone ovens were at the heart of social life in Vierzon, and a place where the townsfolk would meet up and c...
Just next to the Museum is the former factory for the Société Française, where Vierzon’s tractors were manufactured at the start of the 20th century. It’s an atmospheric site that has recently been regenerated. The factory is listed as a French “historic monument”, and you can see why, with its Eiffel-style metal and glass facade. You can contempla...
The canal intersecting Vierzon was constructed using Spanish prisoners of war in the first decades of the 19th century. It was part of a network of waterways that connected the Canal Latéral à la Loire with the Cher River. The canal has been disused since the 1950s, but a 12 kilometre section has been made navigable again and there are plans to reo...
In Neuvy-sur-Barangeon a 15th-century watermill and its surrounding parkland have been turned into a kind of discovery centre for the Sologne. In the mill you can learn about how this old slice of medieval history worked, but there are also displays about the local wetlands, and the weird carnivorous plants that have evolved here. Outside there’s a...
Just the ticket if you’d like to uncover the region’s rich wine heritage: The Villa de Quincy is a small exhibition in the nearby village of same name, using multimedia to recount the history of the Quincy/Reuilly AOC. There’s also a display charting the spread of sauvignon grapes around the world. The exhibition is light-hearted and interactive, o...
This abbey church has its roots in the 8th century, and the legendary Charlemagne is known to have visited in the earliest years. Fast forward to the Hundred Years’ War in the 14th century and a lot of the Romanesque complex was destroyed to be rebuilt in the Gothic style. The abbey shut down in the 18th century but there’s still a lot to see. The ...
Vierzon, immortalized by Jacques Brel in his song Vesoul, rhymes with tractors and porcelain. Former prehistoric station, a flint cutting workshop was found along the Cher to Bellon. The city was probably one of twenty cities destroyed by Vercingetorix during the siege of Avaricum by Caesar.
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Historic buildings, such as the remnants of the medieval walls and the ancient Parish Church of Notre Dame still testify to its history. Canal de Berry cuts through the town. After more than a century of use the canal's maintenance was handed over to the towns and villages bordering it's 260 km.
Vierzon is in the center of France at 29 kilometres from Bourges, the department capital (general information: Vierzon is 183 kilometres from Paris).
