Small town of Indre, in the heart of Champagne Berrichonne, Vatan takes place in the Berry, about thirty kilometers from Chateauroux. It is located not far from Giroux, Liniez and Paudy, about twenty kilometers from Issoudun.
Labeled village stage, the town of Vatan develops mainly in the Middle Ages, including the building of a collegiate by King Gontran to watch over the relics of St. Laurian. Created as a castral village, it enjoys a relatively quiet life over the centuries, gradually taking the face that we know today.
Very dynamic, Vatan offers a large number of leisure and events throughout the year, as well as an architectural and historical heritage of interest to discover the time of a stay in the region. Food lovers will also enjoy culinary specialties, including Valencay, the town being part of the area of production, manufacturing and refining.
The Circus Museum, the first in France, presents a fairy and educational course around the history of the circus and its artists. Unique in Europe, the collection of Dr. Alain Frère allows to admire beautiful posters of great poster masters, Antonin Magne and Gustave Soury. The 600 m² space also reveals memories of the Piste aux Etoiles.
Founded in an experimental farmhouse built by Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Ponts et Chaussées museum traces the history of architecture in the region.
The St. Laurian Church was built in the 15th century and modified in the 19th century. Listed historical monument, it has an original entrance door and a three-sided apse built under Francis I. The set is in a very beautiful Roman-Gothic style.
Built at the end of the Middle Ages, the wheat market was significantly reworked in the middle of the 18th century. Listed in the additional inventory of Historical Monuments, it hosts many cultural and sports events in the city.
Inaugurated in the late nineteenth century, the town hall was built on the site of the Hôtel-Dieu and chapel Sainte-Anne. Topped with a bell tower, the building houses a bronze bell donated by Florimond Dupuy, lord of Vatan at the beginning of the 17th century.
While walking in the city, do not miss to admire the tithe barn, the Doyenne of the first half of the 16th century, the Poterne, spillway along the mill, the Chantrerie, residence of the first half of the 17th century, or still the Jardinière, house of the seventeenth century now restored.
