Most beautiful villages of France > Cher > Apremont-sur-Allier

Description : In the Middle Ages, Apremont was a sand pit village ; the sand pit provided stones in abundance stones that was conveyed on flat-bottomed boats and were used to built several religious monuments like the cathedral of Orleans and the Benoit-sur-Loire abbey. Between the two wars, the Eugene Schneider (ironmaster of Creusot) helped De Galéa (decorator), who undertake a patient work to development the village.