La Châtre is a medieval town that is simple lovely. The approaches are a little bit industrial (as seem to be for most sizeable towns), but the town centre is everything you would expect from a French town. There is a superb weekly market held on Saturday mornings which can be enhanced by a drink in the café du commerce situated in the corner of the market square – particularly in warm weather where the tables and chairs are set out on the pavement. You can sit and watch the world go by over a cup of coffee or a kir (a speciality of the region is kir berrichone – that’s crème du cassis with red wine – very tasty!). There’s plenty more to be said about La Chatre, but that will be done on it’s own page soon, along with as many other towns as I can get information on. Keep checking the buttons on the left.

LA CHATRE - OVERVIEW

Market Day: Saturday

Supermarkets: 5 (Champion in town centre, plus SuperU, Intermarché, Lidl and Netto)

Leisure Facilities: Swimming pool complex

Marché de Noel

24th December