The town of Vernais is in Germigny valley is mainly practiced farming. This small village on the southern border of the Berry, on the edge of Bourbonnais, within a triangle Nevers - Bourges - Montlucon, 20 km from Saint-Amand-Montrond and the A71, and nestled in the countryside, quiet and friendly, crossed by the canal de Berry, offers beautiful walks in the visitor.
The name of the town has verno origin of Celtic, "Alder".
In 1848-1849, Mr. Mallay search the place called "the Fields Peter," and discovers the ancient foundations of a building whose exterior walls are thick 1.60 meters. Several books mention the discovery of a healing fountain, made by Mr. Thevenon in the 1960s he discovered several votive offerings. The excavations of M. Thevenon reveal a small device habitat dating back to the High Empire. Abandoned in the third century, the site was again occupied the fourth century. According to tradition, the monks would have formerly hidden a treasure under a white apple, at a place called "La Faye".