Menetou-Râtel

Menetou-Râtel
Menetou-Râtel
	Commune
	Location of Menetou-Râtel
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	Coordinates: 47°21′07″N 2°45′24″E
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Desreaux
Area 1	28.01 km2 (10.81 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	484
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18144 /18300
Elevation	242–377 m (794–1,237 ft) ; (avg. 311 m or 1,020 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Menetou-Râtel 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 26 miles (42 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 population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	547	—
1968	594	+8.6%
1975	526	−11.4%
1982	506	−3.8%
1990	483	−4.5%
1999	480	−0.6%
2008	488	+1.7%

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.

References

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

External links

Menetou-Râtel on the Quid website (in French)

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.