La Chapelle-d'Angillon () is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Geography A village of lakes, forestry and farming situated in the valley of the river Sauldre, some north of Bourges at the junction of the D12, D940 and the D926 roads.
Population
Personalities Alain-Fournier (Henri Alban-Fournier), writer, was born here on 3 October 1886.
Sights The church, dating from the fifteenth century. The chateau of Béthune, with parts dating from the twelfth century. A museum, in the chateau, dedicated to Alain-Fournier.
The city in the art Realization of a sculpture by French artist from Albens Jean-Louis Berthod, in 2014. The board is a tribute to the book of Alain-Fournier, "Meaulnes the Great", but also to the missing persons of the Great War. Insite the board, we can admirate the "Chateau of La Chapelle-d'Angillon".
See also Communes of the Cher department
References
External links
Photo of Alain-Fournier’s family home Official website of the château