Mérinchal

Mérinchal is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Mérinchal
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Mérinchal
Mérinchal
Mérinchal
Coordinates: 45°55′03″N 2°29′21″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementAubusson
CantonAuzances
IntercommunalityCC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Marie-Françoise Ventenat
Area
1
45.45 km2 (17.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
720
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23131 /23420
Elevation656–784 m (2,152–2,572 ft)
(avg. 735 m or 2,411 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A large area of farming, forestry, lakes and streams comprising several villages and hamlets situated some 15 miles (24 km) east of Aubusson, at the junction of the D27, D28 and the D31 roads and also on the D941.
The commune has the department of Puy-de-Dôme on its eastern border and is also the source of the Cher River. A TER railway service connects the commune with Montlucon, at the station in the hamlet of Léstrade.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,175—    
19681,187+1.0%
19751,159−2.4%
19821,032−11.0%
1990907−12.1%
1999821−9.5%
2008745−9.3%

Sights
  • The church, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The remains of a twelfth-century castle at La Mothe.
  • The remains of a chateau at Villebrune.
  • The seventeenth-century chateau du Vieux-Voisin.
  • Chapels at Villelume, La Mothe and La Vernède

International relations

Mérinchal is twinned with: Öhningen, Germany since 1984.

See also

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


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