{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Concressault |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image coat of arms = Ecu bandé or gueules.svg |arrondissement = Bourges |canton = Sancerre |INSEE = 18070 |postal code = 18260 |mayor = Antoine Fleuriet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire|CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire]] |coordinates = {{coord|47.49|2.5769|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 183 |elevation min m = 175 |elevation max m = 272 |area km2 = 7.45 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Concressault''' ({{IPA|fr|kɔ̃kʁəso}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Cher (department)|Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the Centre-Val de Loire [[region of France]] by the banks of the [[Sauldre]] river, {{convert|27|mi|km}} north of [[Bourges]].
==Population== {{Historical populations |align=left |1962|224 |1968|261 |1975|232 |1982|216 |1990|236 |1999|214 |2008|227 }} {{clear left}}
==History== In the medieval period, Concressault was surrounded by fortifications and therefore had the status of city. The village developed around a castle built some distance from the older village of Dampierre-en-Crot. The new village ended up, at some point in the past, being more important than the first one.<ref>Archives départementales de l’Indre, ''Berry médiéval : à la découverte de l’Indre au Moyen Âge'', catalogue d’exposition, Châteauroux, Archives départementales de l’Indre, 2009, p. 53</ref>
===The castle=== In his manuscript on the Berry,<ref>Description du Berry et diocèse de Bourges au XVI<sup>e</sup> siècle, par Nicolas de Nicolay publié […] par Victor Advielle, Paris, 1865 (le manuscrit est daté de 1567).</ref> Nicolas de Nicolay gave up a description of the castle as it was in 1567. According to him, he fortress got ruined by the English during the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453). A short time after the destruction it got rebuilt in a more solid form by the Duke Jean de Berry (1340–1416). The castle had an hexagonal shape, with 32 meters high and 12 meters thick walls made of hard rocks. Buildings were built out of colored bricks and covered by slate. The moats were 32 meters large and 4 meters deep.
Sir [[John Stewart of Darnley]], a Scottish nobleman, was awarded the title of "Lord of Concressault" thanks to his participation to the [[Battle of Baugé]]. In March 1423, he also becomes the Lord of [[Aubigny-sur-Nère]]. Under the reign of Charles VII (1422–1462) the castle was besieged again by the English who were not able to take control of it. Chased by the French, they mistook a narrow pit for the Sauldre river, that they thought they could pass through a ford. Many of them sank and the pit got called "la fosse aux Anglais" (literally: the pit of the English).
==See also== *[[Communes of the Cher department]]
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==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150512014024/http://sauldreetsologne.hautetfort.com/album/le_chateau_de_concressault_au_xxieme_siecle/ Photos of the castle ruins]
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