Plou, Cher

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 mi southwest of Bourges, at the junction of the D190, D114 and the D16e roads.

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.

Notable people

 * Louis Béchereau (1880–1970), aeronautical engineer
 * Théophile Marion Dumersan (1780–1849), writer and numismatist