Charenton-du-Cher

Charenton-du-Cher is a commune  in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography
An area of farming, forestry and a little light industry comprising the village and several hamlets situated by the banks of both the canal de Berry and the river Marmande, some 28 mi southeast of Bourges at the junction of the D951 with the D1 and D953 roads.

Sights

 * The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century.
 * The motte of a tenth-century castle (30m diameter, 10m high).
 * A fifteenth-century house on the rue Blanche.
 * An old forge and its associated buildings, La "Grosse Forge"
 * Remains of the convent abbey of Notre-Dame de Bellevaux, founded in 620.
 * The remains of the 15th century chapel of St. Julien.
 * A public washhouse.