Méreau

Méreau
Commune
The Chateau of Autry
Coat of arms
Méreau Location within Centre-Val de Loire region Méreau
Coordinates: 47°09′50″N 2°03′06″E / 47.1639°N 2.0517°E / 47.1639; 2.0517Coordinates: 47°09′50″N 2°03′06″E / 47.1639°N 2.0517°E / 47.1639; 2.0517
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Vierzon
Canton	Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Intercommunality	CC Cœur de Berry
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Mornay
Area1	18.65 km2 (7.20 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,278
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18148 /18120
Elevation	95–136 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Méreau 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

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

• Communes of the Cher department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Méreau (Cher).

• Méreau on the Quid website (in French)