Travel Guide Menetou-Couture

Menetou-Couture covers 28.9 km ² and has 341 inhabitants. Surrounded by the municipalities of Saint-Hilaire-de-Gondilly, Prey, Torteron and Jouet-sur-l 'Aubois, it is located 19 kilometers northwest of Nevers, the largest city in the surrounding area. Menetou-Couture is located between 173 and 212 meters above sea level and is traversed by a small creek named Liseron. The municipality includes the village itself and the hooks of Feuillarde, Champ de la Croix, Borderousse and Use.The small commune, whose name comes from Latin monasterium (Menetou) and Couture, or in former French "a plowed field" has some tourist attractions. The wall paintings of the Saint-Caprais church are quite remarkable. The castle of Menetou-Couture, the xve and xviii centuries, classified and partially inscribed in the title of historical monuments is also worth traveling, with its dungeon dated 1460 and its annexes of the eighteenth century.Finally, the ancient Cistercian abbey of Fortmorigny of the thirteenth century, classified and partially inscribed on the list of Historic Monuments, is one of the remarkable monuments of the Berry.