Bordering on the south of Blois, Saint-Gervais is at the crossroads of the four main Sologne roads.
roads. Since 1770, three of these have met at the "Patte d'Oie" crossroads (Lamotte-Beuvron, Romorantin-Lanthenay and Contres). The fourth runs along the Cosson and reaches the village from the north.
Saint-Gervais is crossed by a river, the Cosson, and has seen the disappearance over the centuries of the Poissonnière river, whose bed is still present in the present-day village.
The village...