Méreau

Méreau is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Méreau
The Chateau of Autry
Coat of arms
Location of Méreau
Méreau
Méreau
Coordinates: 47°09′50″N 2°03′06″E
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
ArrondissementVierzon
CantonMehun-sur-Yèvre
IntercommunalityCC Cœur de Berry
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Alain Mornay
Area
1
18.65 km2 (7.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
2,610
  Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
18148 /18120
Elevation95–136 m (312–446 ft)
(avg. 114 m or 374 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

An area of farming and forestry, comprising the main village and five other villages and hamlets, situated by the banks of the river Arnon immediately south of Vierzon, at the junction of the D320, D18e and the D918 roads. Junction 7 of the A20 is within the commune’s borders.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962857    
1968979+14.2%
19751,352+38.1%
19821,756+29.9%
19901,989+13.3%
19992,002+0.7%
20082,278+13.8%

Sights

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
  • The fifteenth-century chateau of Chevilly, with a dovecote and seventeenth century mill.
  • The sixteenth-century chateau of Autry.

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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