Selles scenes

Selles-sur-Cher has a population of approximately 4,600. That makes it bigger than Saint-Aignan but smaller by far than Romorantin. It was founded in the 6th century (more than 1,500 years ago) when a devout Christian hermit named Eusice came up here from the Périgord province and settled in the area. He built a small chapel on the banks of the Cher river. After Eusice told the king of the Franks, Childeric, that he would defeat the invading Wisigoths in a future battle, and the prediction came true, Childeric (the father of Clovis) had an abbey (a monastery) built in his honor and the village grew up around it. That's what Wikipédia says. (Never mind that one Wiki article says Eusice arrived in the Cher valley in 531 and another says that Childeric died 50 or 60 years before that...)

Did I mention that in Selles there is a huge open-air market every Thursday morning? A huge market, a Renaissance château, a grand church, AOC cheeses and wines — Selles has a lot going for it.

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