Bocage bourbonnais

Small French natural region, west of the Allier department in Auvergne

Brooklyn Museum – A Meadow in the Bourbonnais Morning (Une Prairie du Bourbonnais par un effet de matin) by Henri-Joseph Harpignies

Le Bocage bourbonnais is a small French natural region, west of the Allier department in Auvergne. Its name stems from the ancient province of Bourbonnais.

Situation

Le bocage lies in the Bourbonnais natural region, west of the Allier and Cher rivers, around Cosne-d'Allier and Bourbon-l'Archambault.

It is surrounded by the following natural regions:[1]

  • Limagne bourbonnaise (south)
  • Combrailles and le Boischaut Sud (west)
  • le Val de Germigny et le Nivernais (north)
  • Sologne bourbonnaise (east)
  • near Gipcy
    near Gipcy
  • near Couzon
    near Couzon
  • near Agonges
    near Agonges
  • valley east of Noyant-d'Allier
    valley east of Noyant-d'Allier
  • panorama on Noyant-d'Allier
    panorama on Noyant-d'Allier

References

  1. ^ Le Guide des pays de France, Sud, Fayard, 1999