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Méreau

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Méreau

|commune status = Commune

|image = Chateau d'Autry.JPG

|caption = The Chateau of Autry

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Mereau (Cher).svg

|arrondissement = Vierzon

|canton = Mehun-sur-Yèvre

|INSEE = 18148

|postal code = 18120

|mayor = Alain Mornay{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CC Cœur de Berry

|coordinates = {{coord|47.1639|2.0517|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 114

|elevation min m = 95

|elevation max m = 136

|area km2 = 18.65

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

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Méreau ({{IPA|fr|meʁo}}) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

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 populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-18148#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |979

|1975 |1352

|1982 |1756

|1990 |2020

|1999 |2074

|2007 |2216

|2012 |2491

|2017 |2610

}}

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

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Category:Communes of Cher (department)