Expensive

History

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The department was created with the French revolution, the March 4th 1790 pursuant to the law of the December 22nd 1789, starting from part of the province of the Berry.

Policy

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List of the general advisers of Expensive the
List of the deputies of Expensive the
List of the prefects of Expensive the
List of the senators of Expensive the
Common of Expensive the
Old communes of Expensive the

Geography

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Expensive with the Département of Indre the province of the Berry formed formerly. It forms today part of the Région Center and is bordering on the departments of the Indre, of Loir-et-Cher, the Loiret, the Nievre, Allier and of the Creuse.

Relief

Leant in the south with the first buttresses of Auvergne, in the east with the soft hills of the Sancerrois (434 m) broadsides by the course of the the Loire, the department opens in the west on the Champagne berrichonne and in the North-West on the flat solognote. Its culminating point is the Magnoux (504 m). The Cher while leaving the department is with the lowest altitude: 89 Mr.

Principal rivers

Many rivers cross its territory, whose names are found mixed with the communal toponyms: the Auron, the Sauldre, the Yèvre, the Vauvise, the Expensive.

Natural areas

the Champagne berrichonne (western and south-western), area of intensive culture and the vineyards of Quincy
the the Sologne (north-western), area of drills
the Sancerrois, the Country-Extremely (north-eastern), areas of mixed-farming
the Boischaut
the High step (southern), mixed-farming
the Valley of Germigny
the Loire Valley

Climate

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Economy

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Demography

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A soft climate, a not very aggressive relief, water with profusion helped with a dispersion of the settlement which appears in very many villages or hamlets still generally inhabited nowadays.

There does not seem to be particular name to designate the inhabitants of Expensive, one calls them, in reference to the old province of Berry from which the department is resulting, Berrichons.

Culture

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Spring of Bourges, external bond: The official site of the Spring of Bourges
the Terminal, high-place of the traditional pottery and the revival of modern ceramic creation.

Languages

There exist two languages in Expensive:

the French or language of oil speaks itself traditionally in almost all the department.
the Occitan or language of oc speaks itself in some communes in the extreme south, around Culan, and is attached to the cultural field bourbonnais.

Tourism

detailed Article: Tourism in Expensive the

Others

See too

Internal bonds

General advice of Expensive the
Blazon of Expensive the
French Department
List of bridges of Expensive the

External bonds

Departmental committee of Tourism of Expensive the
Préfecture of Expensive the
General advice of Expensive the
tourist Guide of Expensive the
Bourges, the department of Expensive the

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