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Meillant

FieldValue
nameMeillant
commune statusCommune
imageChâteau de Meillant (1503).jpg
captionChateau
image coat of armsBlason de Meillant.svg
arrondissementSaint-Amand-Montrond
cantonSaint-Amand-Montrond
INSEE18142
postal code18200
mayorMarie-Claude Julien
term2020–2026
intercommunalityCC Cœur de France
coordinates
elevation m184
elevation min m152
elevation max m288
area km240.6
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason de Meillant.svg

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

Geography

An area of lakes and streams, forestry and farming comprising the village and several hamlets, situated some 22 mi south of Bourges, at the junction of the D10, D92 and the D37 roads.

Population

1962|745| 1968|772| 1975|658| 1982|684| 1990|749| 1999|792| 2008|781

Sights

  • The church of St. Aubin, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The thirteenth-century château de Meillant, once the home of the house of Amboise.
  • Several houses dating from the sixteenth century.
  • A seventeenth-century washhouse at the hamlet of Saint-Rhamble.
  • Traces of a 17th-century priory.
  • The sixteenth-century chapel at the chateau.
  • Some parts of the convent of Saint Catherine.
  • A museum at the chateau.

References

References

  1. (13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
  2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/18142-meillant Commune de Meillant (18142)], INSEE
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