Maisonnais

Maisonnais
Commune
The church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul, in Maisonnais
Location of Maisonnais
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Coordinates: 46°38′27″N 2°12′59″E / 46.6408°N 2.2164°E / 46.6408; 2.2164
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Saint-Amand-Montrond
Canton	Châteaumeillant
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Duplessi[1]
Area 1	26.95 km2 (10.41 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	232
• Density	8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18135 /18170
Elevation	182–247 m (597–810 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maisonnais (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔnɛ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets, situated by the banks of the river Sinaise some 32 miles (51 km) south of Bourges, on the D65 road and at the junction of the D70 and the D951 roads. The river forms much of the commune’s southwestern border with the department of Indre.

• The remains of several buildings from the medieval Orsan Priory.
• The church of Saints Peter and Paul, dating from the 12th century.
• The ornamental gardens of the priory.

• Communes of the Cher department

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maisonnais.

• The priory gardens at Maisonnais (in French)