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navigation. The Cher itself becomes navigable when it receives the Arnon and Yevre, and the communications of the department are greatly facilitated by the See also:

Canal du Berry, which traverses it from east to See also:

west, the lateral canal of the Loire, which follows the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of that See also:

RIVER

river, and the canal of the Sauldre. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is temperate, and the rainfall moderate. Except in the Sologne, the See also:

SOIL

soil is generally fertile, but varies considerably in different localities. The most productive region is that on the east, which belongs to the valley of the Loire; the central districts are tolerably fertile but marshy, being often flooded by the Cher; while in the south and south-west there is a considerable extent of dry and fertile land. See also:

Wheat and oats are largely cultivated, while See also:

HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp, vegetables and various fruits are also produced.

The See also:

VINE

vine flourishes chiefly in the east of the See also:

ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement of See also:

SANCERRE

Sancerre. The department contains a comparatively large extent of pasturage, which has given rise to a considerable See also:

trade in horses, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, See also:

sheep and See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool for the See also:

NORTHERN

northern markets. Nearly one-fifth of the whole area consists of See also:

FOREST

forest. Mines of See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron are worked, and various sorts of See also:

stone are quarried. See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

Brick, See also:

PORCELAIN

porcelain and glassworks employ large See also:

numbers of the inhabitants. There are also See also:

FLOUR

flour-See also:

mills, distilleries, oil-See also:

WORKS

works, saw-mills and tanneries. See also:

BOURGES

Bourges and See also:

VIERZON

Vierzon are metallurgical and See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering centres. See also:

COAL

Coal and See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine are leading imports, while cereals, See also:

TIMBER

timber, wool, See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial products are exported. The department is served by the See also:

Orleans railway, and possesses in all more than 300 M. of navigable waterways. It is divided into three arrondissements (29 cantons, 292 communes) cognominal with the towns of Bourges, See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-Amand-Mont-Rond, and Sancerre, of which the first is the See also:

capital, the seat of an See also:

ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop and of a See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal and headquarters of the VIII. See also:

army-See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps. The department belongs to the See also:

ACADEMIC

academic (educational See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division) of See also:

Paris. Bourges, Saint-Amand-Mont-Rond, Vierzon and Sancerre (q.v.) are the principal towns.

Mehun-sur-Yevre (pop. 5227), a See also:

TOWN

town with an active manufacture of porcelain, has a Romanesque See also:

church and a See also:

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of the 14th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Among the other interesting churches of the department, that at St Satur has a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir of the 14th and 15th centuries; those of Dun-sur-Auron, Plaimpied, See also:

Aix d'Angillon and Jeanvrin are Romanesque in See also:

style, while Aubigny-Ville has a church of the 12th, 13th and 15th centuries and a chateau of later date. Drevant, built on the site of a See also:

ROMAN

Roman town, preserves ruins of a large See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre and other remains. Among the megalithic monuments of Cher, the most notable is that at See also:

VILLENEUVE, PIERRE CHARLES JEAN BAPTISTE SILVESTRE (1763-r8o6)

Villeneuve-sur-Cher, known as the See also:

PIERRE

Pierre-de-la-See also:

ROCHE, SIR BOYLE, BART

Roche.

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