La Châtre In the lower Berry was born from a camp in the Roman era and appears under the name "Castra" in the 18th century archival records. Each century marked it. Burned in 1152 by Louis VII, affected by the plague in 1348-1349, prospering for the following centuries around tanneries and mills, romantic to George Sand's time, it jealously keeps in its walls the marks of its millennial and prestigious life marks.
Gastronomic Stage, the gourmands will appreciate the potato galette, half salt ham, easter pate, pumpkin and Caprice Berrichon.
Spilimbergo, town of Friuli, Italy, famous for its mosaic school, has been paired with the Castraise city since 1980.