On the borders of the Sologne and Berry areas, Vierzon offers its 27,000 inhabitants and visitors a green setting at the confluence of the Cher and Yèvre Rivers as well as the Canal de Berry. Hotels, holiday cottages, camp sites and restaurants allow visitors to stay a stone’s throw away from the Quincy and Reuilly vineyards. At the crossroads of three motorways and 1 hour and 30 minutes from Paris by train, the home town of Édouard Vaillant and Félix Pyat, which for a long time was specialised in agricultural mechanisation and porcelain, is today a very dynamic centre for sectors such as precision mechanics, hydraulic hardware, automotive equipment and logistics. Many public infrastructures (such as the theatre, music academy, sports stadiums, gymnasiums, etc.) enable the people of Vierzon to enjoy an outstanding cultural season (with the summer festival, Christmas village, two-yearly circus festival, etc.) and exceptional sporting events. The Paris-Chalette-Vierzon race is a stand-out event in September in the Cher department’s second biggest town, which also hosted the start of the Tour de l'Avenir in 2010. Seven thousand registered participants enjoy sport in seventy clubs and associations, including the Club Cycliste Vierzonnais and three cyclo-touring clubs.