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Loir-et-Cher

American  
[lwa-rey-sher] / lwa reɪˈʃɛr /

noun

  1. a department in central France. 2,479 sq. mi. (6,420 sq. km). Blois.


Loir-et-Cher British  
/ lwareʃɛr /

noun

  1. a department of N central France, in Centre region. Capital: Blois. Pop: 318 853 (2003 est). Area: 6422 sq km (2505 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She spent her latter years in the town of Loir-et-Cher, often working as a carer for the elderly and mucking out horse stables.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

It all began when the hamlet of Bracieux in the department of the Loir-et-Cher honored Mme.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus the campaign in which I became interested was carried on principally in the departments of Eure-et-Loir, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, and Sarthe, to terminate, at last, in Mayenne.

From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

It is bounded N. by the department of Eure, W. by Orne and Sarthe, S. by Loir-et-Cher, S.E. by Loiret, and E. by Seine-et-Oise.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

We passed from the department of the Sarthe into that of Loir-et-Cher, going on until we reached a little place called Ville-aux-Cleros, where we spent the night under uncomfortable conditions, for it snowed.

From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

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