Menetou-Râtel

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Menetou-Râtel

|commune status = Commune

|arrondissement = Bourges

|canton = Sancerre

|INSEE = 18144

|postal code = 18300

|mayor = Corine Lelievre{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2022–2026

|intercommunality = CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire

|coordinates = {{coord|47.3519|2.7567|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 311

|elevation min m = 242

|elevation max m = 377

|area km2 = 28.01

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

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

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

}}

Menetou-Râtel ({{IPA|fr|mɛntu ʁatɛl|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Bastenbas (Bastenbas (Lingua))-Menetou-Râtel.wav}}) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A winegrowing and farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated some {{convert|26|mi|km}} northeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D85, D86 and the D923 roads. The commune is one of only a few that can grow grapes for Sancerre AOC wine.

Population

{{Historical populations

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1962|547|

1968|594|

1975|526|

1982|506|

1990|483|

1999|480|

2008|488

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Sights

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The fourteenth-century priory of Notre-Dame.
  • The chateau of Couet built in 1875.
  • A watermill.

See also

References

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Category:Communes of Cher (department)