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Méry-sur-Cher

commune in Cher, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ1172349 ↗
Source-derived summary

Méry-sur-Cher (French pronunciation: [meʁi syʁ ʃɛʁ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A village of farming and forestry situated by the banks of the Cher some 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Vierzon, at the junction of the N76 and the D211 roads. The now disused Canal de Berry passes through the south of the commune.

Population

Notable residents

Cyprian Godebski (1835–1909), artist.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Méry-sur-Cher” is commune in Cher, France. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Méry-sur-Cher, commune and Cher, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1835, 1909—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Méry-sur-Cher, commune and Cher is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “commune in Cher, France” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1172349. Authority coordinates are 47.246, 1.988. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1835 and 1909.

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This entry incorporates text from “Méry-sur-Cher” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.