Ciron: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Ciron is located partly in the Petite Brenne. The village developed around the parish church of Saint-Georges. A combination of nature and cultural landscape is described by the “Des bords d'étangs au bord de Creuse n°26” hiking trail: it leads through the wild pond landscapes of the Brenne to the landscapes of the Creuse Valley and to remarkable historic buildings.

Paths along the Creuse

From Ciron, the Voie Verte can be used on foot to the hamlet of Visais in the municipality of Le Blanc, or in the direction of Rivarennes via Scoury and Chitray. The route is more than 70 kilometres long, was created from former railway lines, and is open to cyclists and pedestrians with only slight changes in elevation.

The Plage de Romefort is a municipal riverside area on the Creuse, opposite the Château de Romefort. It serves as a picnic area near the start of the hike through the ponds to the Creuse.

Culture and monuments

The Château de Romefort was the seat of the lordship and remained isolated from the historic village on the opposite bank of the Creuse. Ciron is also home to the Neolithic archaeological site Dolmen et cromlech de Sénevaut, which was classified as a historic monument in 1889 by being included in the relevant list.

The Sivel and Croce-Spinelli Monument in Ciron is an obelisk on Rue de l'Église-Saint-Georges. It commemorates the deaths of the balloonists Théodore Sivel and Joseph-Eustache Crocé-Spinelli in the accident involving the airship “Le Zénith” on 15 April 1875.

The Maison forte de la Boissière is located in the hamlet of La Boissière in Ciron, on the Creuse. It consisted of an almost square tower with a lower room and two floors above it. Partially protected as a historic monument, the protection covers the tower, the adjoining building, the building mound, the moat with its walls, the gate and the drawbridge; this protection was registered on 16 September 2004.

The Lanterne des morts of Ciron is a historic monument dating from the 12th century and was among the first buildings in France to be classified as historic monuments in 1862. It consists of a five-metre-high cylindrical column with a cone decorated with scales and stands on a square platform accessible from one side.

Other local pages: Chabris, Vicq-Sur-Nahon, Chalais, Saint-Chartier, Luçay-le-Libre, Parnac, Néons-Sur-Creuse, Issoudun.

To the higher-level travel overview: Indre.